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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 may be responsible also for undirect death. Lockdown, movement restrictions, and fear of contamination in hospitals could have led to a reluctance to call EMS or present to EDs and may have detrimental effects on population health.Resuscitation of patients…
Level of Evidence
Level of Evidence A Data derived from multiple randomized clinical trials or meta-analyses of such studies. Level of Evidence B Level of Evidence B-R: Data derived from one or more randomized trials or meta-analysis of such studies. Level of Evidence B-NR: Data…
Classification of Recommendations
Class I: Benefit >>> Risk Conditions for which there is evidence and/or general agreement that a given procedure or treatment is beneficial, useful, and effective. Class II: Conditions for which there is conflicting evidence and/or a divergence of opinion about…
Care after cardiac arrest
Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) 26 RCTs from 2002 to 2019 + TTM2 ongoing and HYPERION trial to be released soon Following 2 RCTs in 2002 (Bernard et al + HACA) the use of TTM T32-34C became widespread Improves neurologically intact…
PediTape app: Augmented Reality Pediatric Weight Estimation
PediTape turns your iPhone into a digital color-coded tape for estimating the child’s weight. Hundreds of thousand of healthcare providers rely on color-coded system for dosing paediatric drugs in both emergency e non-emergency situations. PediTape relates child’s height as measured…