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Recent advances in pre-hospital and in-hospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have improved survival rates, although changes for neurologically intact outcomes have been poor.
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This review highlights recent advances in the pre-hospital and in-hospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, emphasizing the importance of the entire chain of resuscitation.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has attracted increasing attention over the past years because outcomes have improved impressively lately. The changes for neurological intact outcomes has been poor but several areas have achieved improving survival rates after adjusting their cardiac arrest care. The pre-hospital management is certainly key and decides whether a cardiac arrest patient can be brought back into a spontaneous circulation. However, the whole chain of resuscitation including the in-hospital care have improved also. This review describes aetiologies of OHCA, risk and potential protective factors and recent advances in the pre-hospital and in-hospital management of these patients.
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Fröhlich et al. (2014) conducted a review in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Pre-hospital and in-hospital management was evaluated. Recent advances in pre-hospital and in-hospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have improved survival rates, although changes for neurologically intact outcomes have been poor.
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