Prehospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective eligibility study.

Thomas KilnerBenjamin L StantonStefan M Mazur

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2019)

Sixty-three (30.6%) patients could have derived benefit from a prehospital ECPR programme. Further analyses of prehospital ECPR logistics and economics are necessary to ensure that any future prehospital ECPR programme is effective and efficient.

Keyphrases

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiac arrest
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
study protocol
peritoneal dialysis
trauma patients
emergency medical
clinical trial