The prognostic significance of repeated prehospital shocks for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival.

Alexis CournoyerÉric NotebaertSylvie CossetteLuc Londei-LeducLuc de MontignyDave RossYoan LamarcheBrian J PotterAlain VadeboncoeurRaoul DaoustCatalina SokoloffMartin AlbertFrancis BernardJudy MorrisJean PaquetJean-Marc ChaunyMassimiliano IsepponMartin MarquisFrançois de ChamplainYiorgos Alexandros CavayasAndré Denault

Published in: CJEM (2018)

Survival remains possible even after a high number of shocks for patients suffering from an OHCA with an initial shockable rhythm. However, requiring more shocks is independently associated with worse survival.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
end stage renal disease
free survival
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
atrial fibrillation
prognostic factors