Rates of survival with functional recovery for both in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest are notably low. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is emerging as …

Importance In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate.
Despite this, in-hospital cardiac arrest has received little attention compared with other high …

Background Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular
fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external …

Abstract These European Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support guidelines, are
based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science …

These guidelines contain recommendations for basic life support (BLS) and advanced life
support (ALS) for adult patients and are based on the best available resuscitation science …

Background Among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and ventricular
fibrillation, more than half present with refractory ventricular fibrillation unresponsive to initial …

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex multifactorial clinical syndrome with extremely high
mortality, developing as a continuum, and progressing from the initial insult (underlying …

The recommendations listed in this guideline are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research involving …

Abstract This 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and
Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations for advanced …

The fundamentals of cardiac resuscitation include the immediate provision of high-quality
cardiopulmonary resuscitation combined with rapid defibrillation (as appropriate). These …