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Meta-analysis demonstrates high accuracy of resuscitation termination rules in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, indicating reliable guidance for ending futile interventions.
The BLS and ERC TORRs identify a large proportion of patients who are candidates for termination of resuscitation following OHCA while having a very low rate of misclassifying eventual survivors (<0.1%). Further prospective validation of the ERC TORR and direct comparison with BLS TORR are needed.
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