June 2019

Editorial Board
Published in issue: June 2019
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Editorials

Improving CPR in communities: Understanding the importance of CPR training density
• Comilla Sasson,
• Jason Haukoos
Published online: March 16, 2019
p351-352
Neurocognitive outcomes in survivors of pediatric E-CPR: Has the Golden age arrived?
• Gurpreet Khaira,
• Ari R. Joffe
Published online: April 13, 2019
p353-355
On prognostication and withdrawal of life sustaining treatment after cardiac arrest: Does the “thin gray line” between life and death (too often) wear white?
• Gerrit J. Noordergraaf,
• Alyssa Venema
Published online: April 01, 2019
p356-358
Which PART of the question are you asking?
• David C. Cone
Published online: April 16, 2019
p359-360
Forecasting HOPE: Risk prediction in rare events
• Ben Gibbison,
• Barnaby C Reeves
Published online: April 18, 2019
p361-362
Can we stop patients from “falling off the cliff”?
• Samuel A. Tisherman,
• Fu M. Hu
Published online: April 24, 2019
p363-364
Reliable neurological prediction after cardiac arrest — Are we willing to pay the price?
• Tobias Cronberg,
• Jerry P. Nolan
Published online: May 03, 2019
p365-366

Reviews

Paediatric targeted temperature management post cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Jason E. Buick,
• Clare Wallner,
• Richard Aickin,,
• ...
• Ian Maconochie,
• Markus B. Skrifvars,
• Michelle Welsford,
• on behalf of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Pediatric Life Support Task Force
Published online: April 02, 2019
p65-75

Vasopressors during adult cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Mathias J. Holmberg,
• Mahmoud S. Issa,
• Ari Moskowitz,,
• ...
• Lars W. Andersen,
• Michael W. Donnino,
• Katherine M. Berg,
• on behalf of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Advanced Life Support Task Force Collaborators
Published online: April 10, 2019
p106-121

Advanced airway management during adult cardiac arrest: A systematic review
• Asger Granfeldt,
• Suzanne R. Avis,
• Tonia C. Nicholson,,
• ...
• Jasmeet Soar,
• Kevin Nation,
• Lars W. Andersen,
• on behalf of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Advanced Life Support Task Force Collaborators
Published online: April 11, 2019
p133-143

Is point-of-care ultrasound a reliable predictor of outcome during atraumatic, non-shockable cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis from the SHoC investigators
• Elizabeth Lalande,
• Talia Burwash-Brennan,
• Katharine Burns,,
• ...
• Hein Lamprecht,
• Ankona Banerjee,
• Michael Y. Woo,
• the SHoC Investigators
Published online: April 09, 2019
p159-166

Defibrillation energy dose during pediatric cardiac arrest: Systematic review of human and animal model studies
• Eric Mercier,
• Etienne Laroche,
• Ben Beck,
• ...
• Simon Berthelot,
• Biswadev Mitra,
• Julie Ouellet-Pelletier
Published online: April 25, 2019
p241-252

Rapid Response Systems

The response to patient deterioration in the UK National Health Service — A survey of acute hospital policies
• Simon Freathy,
• Gary B Smith,
• Lisette Schoonhoven,
• Greta Westwood
Published online: April 18, 2019
p152-158

The effect of fractional inspired oxygen concentration on early warning score performance: A database analysis
• James Malycha,
• Nazli Farajidavar,
• Marco A.F. Pimentel,
• ...
• Guy Ludbrook,
• J.Duncan Young,
• Peter J. Watkinson
Published online: April 18, 2019
p192-199
Open Access

Clinical Papers

Hemodynamic effects of chest compression interruptions during pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Ryan W. Morgan,
• William P. Landis,
• Alexandra Marquez,
• ...
• Robert A. Berg,
• Todd J. Kilbaugh,
• Robert M. Sutton
Published online: April 01, 2019
p1-8
Differential outcomes following successful resuscitation in cardiac arrest due to drug overdose
• Cora H. Ormseth,
• Carolina B. Maciel,
• Sonya E. Zhou,
• ...
• Rachel B. Beekman,
• Emily J. Gilmore,
• David M. Greer
Published online: April 08, 2019
p9-16

The POCUS pulse check: A randomized controlled crossover study comparing pulse detection by palpation versus by point-of-care ultrasound
• Karine Badra,
• Alexandre Coutin,
• Robert Simard,
• Ruxandra Pinto,
• Jacques S. Lee,
• Jordan Chenkin
Published online: March 19, 2019
p17-23

Effect of vertical location on survival outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Singapore
• Tracy Wanxi Lian,
• John Carson Allen,
• Andrew F.W. Ho,
• ...
• Si Oon Cheah,
• Lai Peng Tham,
• Marcus E.H. Ong
Published online: April 03, 2019
p24-32

Sports activity and paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at schools in Japan
• Junya Sado,
• Kosuke Kiyohara,
• Tetsuhisa Kitamura,
• ...
• Tomotaka Sobue,
• Yuri Kitamura
• for the SPIRITS investigators
Published online: April 03, 2019
p33-40

Interhospital transfer in low-volume and high-volume emergency departments and survival outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A nationwide observational study and propensity score–matched analysis
• Jeong Ho Park,
• Seung Chul Lee,
• Sang Do Shin,
• Kyoung Jun Song,
• Ki Jeong Hong,
• Young Sun Ro
Published online: April 08, 2019
p41-48

Cost effectiveness and quality of life analysis of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for refractory cardiac arrest
• Mark Dennis,
• Fredrick Zmudzki,
• Brian Burns,
• ...
• Hergen Buscher,
• Paul Forrest
• On behalf of the Sydney ECMO Research Interest Group
Published online: March 25, 2019
p49-56

Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Victoria, Australia
• David Eastwood,
• Emily Andrew,
• Karen Smith,
• ...
• Ziad Nehme,
• Stephen Bernard,
• Kylie Dyson
Published online: April 11, 2019
p57-64

Initial arterial pH as a predictor of neurologic outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A propensity-adjusted analysis
• Erich L. Kiehl,
• Ram Amuthan,
• Mark P. Adams,
• ...
• Lawrence W. Gimple,
• Daniel J. Cantillon,
• Venu Menon
Published online: April 01, 2019
p76-83

Deep-learning-based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest prognostic system to predict clinical outcomes
• Joon-myoung Kwon,
• Ki-Hyun Jeon,
• Hyue Mee Kim,
• ...
• Jinsik Park,
• Rak Kyeong Choi,
• Byung-Hee Oh
Published online: April 09, 2019
p84-91

Evoked potentials improve multimodal prognostication after cardiac arrest
• Pouria Moshayedi,
• Jonathan Elmer,
• Miguel Habeych,
• ...
• Clifton W. Callaway,
• Jeffrey R. Balzer,
• Jon C. Rittenberger
Published online: April 14, 2019
p92-98

The ventricular fibrillation waveform in relation to shock success in early vs. late phases of out-of-hospital resuscitation
• J. Thannhauser,
• J. Nas,
• P.M. van Grunsven,
• ...
• N. van Royen,
• J.L. Bonnes,
• M.A. Brouwer
Published online: April 15, 2019
p99-105

Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation for paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A structured evaluation of communication issues using the SACCIA^® safe communication typology
• Jen Heng Pek,
• Dirk Frans de Korne,
• Annegret Friederike Hannawa,
• ...
• Lai Peng Tham,
• Marcus Eng Hock Ong,
• Gene Yong-Kwang Ong
Published online: April 15, 2019
p144-151

End tidal CO₂ and cerebral oximetry for the prediction of return of spontaneous circulation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Thomas W. Engel II,
• Craig Thomas,
• Patrick Medado,
• ...
• Brian Reed,
• Scott Millis,
• Brian J. O’Neil
Published online: April 09, 2019
p174-181

Impact of adrenaline dose and timing on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival and neurological outcomes
• Adam P. Sigal,
• Kristen M. Sandel,
• David G. Buckler,
• Thomas Wasser,
• Benjamin S. Abella
Published online: April 13, 2019
p182-188

Usefulness of cerebral rSO₂ monitoring during CPR to predict the probability of return of spontaneous circulation
• Ryosuke Takegawa,
• Tadahiko Shiozaki,
• Yoshihito Ogawa,
• ...
• Takuma Ishihara,
• Ayumi Shintani,
• Takeshi Shimazu
Published online: April 17, 2019
p201-207
Open Access

The EXACT protocol: A multi-centre, single-blind, randomised, parallel-group, controlled trial to determine whether early oxygen titration improves survival to hospital discharge in adult OHCA patients
• Janet E. Bray,
• Karen Smith,
• Cindy Hein,
• ...
• Natasha Dodge,
• Stephen Bernard
• on behalf of the EXACT investigators
Published online: April 19, 2019
p208-213

Usefulness of neuron specific enolase in prognostication after cardiac arrest: Impact of age and time to ROSC
• Lauri Wihersaari,
• Marjaana Tiainen,
• Markus B. Skrifvars,
• ...
• Ville Pettilä,
• Matti Reinikainen
• the FINNRESUSCI study group
Published online: April 22, 2019
p214-221

Cut-off values of serum potassium and core temperature at hospital admission for extracorporeal rewarming of avalanche victims in cardiac arrest: A retrospective multi-centre study
• Hermann Brugger,
• Pierre Bouzat,
• Mathieu Pasquier,
• ...
• Giacomo Strapazzon,
• Ken Zafren,
• Monika Brodmann Maeder
Published online: April 22, 2019
p222-229
Open Access
Hippocampus and basal ganglia as potential sentinel sites for ischemic pathology after resuscitated cardiac arrest
• Mattias Haglund,
• Eva Lindberg,
• Elisabet Englund
Published online: April 18, 2019
p230-233

Large urban center improves out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
• Marina Del Rios,
• Joseph Weber,
• Oksana Pugach,
• ...
• Eddie Markul,
• E. Bradshaw Bunney,
• Terry Vanden Hoek
Published online: April 19, 2019
p234-240

Direct or subacute coronary angiography in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (DISCO)—An initial pilot-study of a randomized clinical trial
• Ludvig Elfwén,
• Rickard Lagedal,
• Per Nordberg,
• ...
• Ewa Wallin,
• Sten Rubertsson,
• Leif Svensson
Published online: April 24, 2019
p253-261

Fluoroquinolone use and serious arrhythmias: A nationwide case-crossover study
• Lorenzo Porta,
• Meng-tse Gabriel Lee,
• Wan-Ting Hsu,
• Tzu-Chun Hsu,
• Tou-Yuan Tsai,
• Chien-Chang Lee
Published online: April 25, 2019
p262-268

The impact of double sequential external defibrillation on termination of refractory ventricular fibrillation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• Sheldon Cheskes,
• Alie Wudwud,
• Linda Turner,
• ...
• Jim Summers,
• Laurie J. Morrison,
• P. Richard Verbeek
Published online: May 03, 2019
p275-281

Accuracy of instructional diagrams for automated external defibrillator pad positioning
• Alexander G. Foster,
• Charles D. Deakin
Published online: May 05, 2019
p282-288

Association between county-level cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and changes in Survival Outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest over 5 years: A multilevel analysis
• Young Sun Ro,
• Kyoung Jun Song,
• Sang Do Shin,
• ...
• Jeong Ho Park,
• So Yeon Kong,
• Sung-Il Cho
Published online: January 21, 2019
p291-298

One-year cognitive and neurologic outcomes in survivors of paediatric extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Kathleen Meert,
• Beth S. Slomine,
• Faye S. Silverstein,
• ...
• J. Michael Dean,
• Frank W. Moler
• for the Therapeutic Hypothermia after Paediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) Trial Investigatorss
Published online: February 25, 2019
p299-307

Early withdrawal of life support after resuscitation from cardiac arrest is common and may result in additional deaths
• Teresa L. May,
• Robin Ruthazer,
• Richard R. Riker,
• ...
• Niklas Nielsen,
• David B. Seder,
• David M Kent
Published online: March 02, 2019
p308-313

Effect of initial airway strategy on time to epinephrine administration in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• Joshua R. Lupton,
• Robert Schmicker,
• Mohamud R. Daya,
• ...
• Graham Nichol,
• Henry Wang,
• Matt Hansen
Published online: March 19, 2019
p314-320

Hypothermia outcome prediction after extracorporeal life support for hypothermic cardiac arrest patients: An external validation of the HOPE score
• Mathieu Pasquier,
• Valentin Rousson,
• Tomasz Darocha,
• ...
• Monika Brodmann Maeder,
• Peter Paal,
• Olivier Hugli
Published online: March 30, 2019
p321-328

Relationships between three and twelve month outcomes in children enrolled in the therapeutic hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest trials
• Beth S. Slomine,
• Faye S. Silverstein,
• Kent Page,
• ...
• J. Michael Dean,
• Frank W. Moler
• for the Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) Trial Investigators
Published online: March 25, 2019
p329-336

Vital sign patterns before shock-related cardiopulmonary arrest
• Jessie S. Davis,
• Jared A. Johns,
• David J. Olvera,
• ...
• Eliana M. Rees,
• Edward A. Pillar,
• Daniel P. Davis
Published online: March 26, 2019
p337-342

Distinct predictive values of current neuroprognostic guidelines in post-cardiac arrest patients
• Sonya E. Zhou,
• Carolina B. Maciel,
• Cora H. Ormseth,
• Rachel Beekman,
• Emily J. Gilmore,
• David M. Greer
Published online: April 02, 2019
p343-350

Simulation and Education

Self-learning training versus instructor-led training for basic life support: A cluster randomised trial
• Helene Bylow,
• Thomas Karlsson,
• Andreas Claesson,
• Margret Lepp,
• Jonny Lindqvist,
• Johan Herlitz
Published online: March 26, 2019
p122-132

Comparing bystander response to a sudden cardiac arrest using a virtual reality CPR training mobile app versus a standard CPR training mobile app
• Marion Leary,
• Shaun K. McGovern,
• Zainab Chaudhary,
• Jaldhi Patel,
• Benjamin S. Abella,
• Audrey L. Blewer
Published online: April 18, 2019
p167-173