Sean van Diepen, Michel R Le May, Patricia Alfaro, Michael J Goldfarb, Adriana Luk, Rebecca Mathew, Maude Peretz-Larochelle, Erin Rayner-Hartley, Juan J Russo, Janek M Senaratne, Craig Ainsworth, Emilie Belley-Côté, Christopher B Fordyce, Julie Kromm, Christopher B Overgaard, Gregory Schnell, Graham C Wong
Survival to hospital discharge among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is low and important regional differences in treatment practices and survival have been described. Since the 2017 publication of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society's position statement on OHCA care, multiple randomized controlled trials have helped to better define optimal post cardiac arrest care. This working group provides updated guidance on the timing of cardiac catheterization in patients with ST-elevation and without ST-segment elevation, on a revised temperature control strategy targeting normothermia instead of hypothermia, blood pressure, oxygenation, and ventilation parameters, and on the treatment of rhythmic and periodic electroencephalography patterns in patients with a resuscitated OHCA...
April 2024: Canadian Journal of Cardiology