Socioeconomic factors affect the risk of cardiovascular disease and the chances of recovery. New research from Karolinska Institutet interrogates the significance of socioeconomic factors for sudden out-of-hospital cardiac ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Most of us probably know—more or less—how to resuscitate one of our fellow human beings. Even if you haven't taken a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you've probably seen the technique many times on television ...
Nov 05, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Epidural analgesia during labor is not associated with immediate or longer-term adverse outcomes in offspring, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in JAMA Network Open.
Nov 04, 2021
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Regardless if CPR was performed, a rescuing bystander reduced the odds of severe disability or death in pediatric drowning victims by 80%," according to a study abstract presented at the AAP 2021 virtual National Conference ...
Oct 08, 2021
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Only around 1 in 5 very sick older patients has a 'do not resuscitate' decision recorded at the time of their emergency admission to hospital, reveals a study at one large UK hospital and published online in the journal BMJ ...
Sep 07, 2021
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Lay responders' swift assistance to cardiac arrest victims is associated with improved survival, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.
Aug 28, 2021
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Around 50,000 people suffer sudden cardiac arrest in Germany every year. When occurring outside a hospital, the chances of survival are only ten percent. Survivors often suffer from severe permanent neurological damage. On ...
Jul 22, 2021
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People who suffer a cardiac arrest while in a GP clinic are twice as likely to survive if they are promptly defibrillated with an automated external defibrillator rather than waiting to be defibrillated after paramedics arrive, ...
Jul 05, 2021
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The American Heart Association (Association)—the world's leading voluntary organization dedicated to a world of longer, healthier lives—and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC)—the leading organization in ...
Jun 02, 2021
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(HealthDay)—For patients successfully resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, discharge to survival is significantly lower among women, according to a study published in the Feb. 16 issue of Circulation.
Feb 19, 2021
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