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Quality management in resuscitation – Towards a European Cardiac Arrest Registry (EuReCa) by Gräsner, J.T, Herlitz, J, Koster, R.W, Rosell-Ortiz, F, Stamatakis, L, Bossaert, L

“…Abstract Background Knowledge about the epidemiology of cardiac arrest in Europe is inadequate. Aim To describe the first attempt to build up a Common European…”
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The challenges and possibilities of public access defibrillation by Ringh, M., Hollenberg, J., Palsgaard‐Moeller, T., Svensson, L., Rosenqvist, M., Lippert, F. K., Wissenberg, M., Malta Hansen, C., Claesson, A., Viereck, S., Zijlstra, J. A., Koster, R. W., Herlitz, J., Blom, M. T., Kramer‐Johansen, J., Tan, H. L., Beesems, S. G., Hulleman, M., Olasveengen, T. M., Folke, F.

“…Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major health problem that affects approximately four hundred and thousand patients annually in the United States…”
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Resuscitation with an AED: putting the data to use by Bak, M. A. R., Blom, M. T., Koster, R. W., Ploem, M. C.

“…The increased use of the automated external defibrillator (AED) contributes to the rising survival rate after sudden cardiac arrest in the Netherlands. When…”
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Apples in Amsterdam and oranges in Leiden by Koster, R. W.

“…Both pre-hospital measures such as extending the use of AEDs, better logistics of rapid response by lay-rescuers but also more aggressive use of PCI after…”
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Atrial fibrillation mimicking ventricular fibrillation confuses an automated external defibrillator by Hulleman, M., Blom, M. T., Bardai, A., Tan, H. L., Koster, R. W.

“…In-hospital AF mimicking VF in monitored patients has been described before [2, 3], but ours is the first report of inappropriate AED therapy for AF mimicking…”
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Response to Letter to the Editor Dr. Jouffroy by de Graaf, Corina, Koster, R. W.

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Response to Letter to the Editor Dr. Mosesso by Graaf, Corina de, Koster, R. W.

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Amsterdam and its surrounding areas: results from the Amsterdam resuscitation study (ARREST) in Utstein style by Waalewijn, R.A, de Vos, R, Koster, R.W

“…The purpose of this study was to describe the chain of survival in Amsterdam and its surroundings and to suggest areas for improvement. To ensure accurate…”
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Burning issues: Early cooling of the brain after resuscitation using burn dressings. A proof of concept observation by Adams, R, Koster, R.W

“…Summary Aim of the study Early cooling of resuscitated patients improves neurological outcome. Out-of hospital initiation of cooling is uncommon however for…”
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A New Tool, a better Tool? Prevalence and Performance of the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program Criteria for Metabolic Syndrome in Different Ethnic Groups by Bindraban, N. R., van Valkengoed, I. G. M., Mairuhu, G., Koster, R. W., Holleman, F., Hoekstra, J. B. L., Koopmans, R. P., Stronks, K.

“…We used a population based study in the Netherlands of 330 Hindustani Surinamese, 586 African Surinamese, and 486 ethnic Dutch (Dutch) to describe the…”
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Complex I deficiency and dopaminergic neuronal cell loss in parkin-deficient zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Flinn, Laura, Mortiboys, Heather, Volkmann, Katrin, Köster, Reinhard W., Ingham, Phillip W., Bandmann, Oliver

“…Currently, only symptomatic therapy is available for Parkinson's disease. The zebrafish is a vertebrate animal model ideally suited for high throughput…”
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When is a bystander not a bystander any more? A European survey by Maurer, H., Masterson, S., Tjelmeland, I.B., Gräsner, J.T., Lefering, R., Böttiger, B.W., Bossaert, L., Herlitz, J., Koster, R.W., Rosell-Ortiz, F., Perkins, G.D., Wnent, J.

“…There is international variation in the rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ‘Bystander CPR’ is defined in the Utstein definitions, however,…”
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Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the general population: incidence and prognosis by Berdowski, Jocelyn, de Beus, Margriet F, Blom, Marieke, Bardai, Abdennasser, Bots, Michiel L, Doevendans, Pieter A, Grobbee, Diederick E, Tan, Hanno L, Tijssen, Jan G P, Koster, Rudolph W, Mosterd, Arend

“…Although regular physical activity has beneficial cardiovascular effects, exercise can trigger an acute cardiac event. We aimed to determine the incidence and…”
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The effect of the localisation of an underlying ST-elevation myocardial infarction on the VF-waveform: A multi-centre cardiac arrest study by Nas, J., van Dongen, L.H., Thannhauser, J., Hulleman, M., van Royen, N., Tan, H.L., Bonnes, J.L., Koster, R.W., Brouwer, M.A., Blom, M.T.

“…In cardiac arrest, ventricular fibrillation (VF) waveform characteristics such as amplitude spectrum area (AMSA) are studied to identify an underlying…”
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Increase in hospital admission rates for heart failure in The Netherlands, 1980-1993 by Reitsma, J. B., Mosterd, A., de Craen, A. J., Koster, R. W., van Capelle, F. J., Grobbee, D. E., Tijssen, J. G.

“…OBJECTIVE: To study the trend in hospital admission rates for heart failure in the Netherlands from 1980 to 1993. DESIGN: All hospital admissions in the…”
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Independent prognostic value of C-reactive protein and troponin I in patients with unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction by DE WINTER, R. J, BHOLASINGH, R, LIJMER, J. G, KOSTER, R. W, GORGELS, J. P. M. C, SCHOUTEN, Y, HOEK, F. J, SANDERS, G. T

“…Elevated concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), a non-specific acute phase reactant, and troponin I (TnI), a cardiac-specific marker of myocardial damage,…”
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Reply to Letter: The importance of comorbidity and illness severity scores in cardiac arrest research by Beesems, S.G., Blom, M.T., Hulleman, M., Koster, R.W.

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by van der Wouw, Poll A, Koster, Rudolph W, Delemarre, Ben J, de Vos, Rien, Lampe-Schoenmaeckers, Angela J.E.M, Lie, Kong I

“…Objectives. We sought to establish the diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Background. Because…”
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Cardiovascular disease in the Netherlands, 1975 to 1995: decline in mortality, but increasing numbers of patients with chronic conditions by Reitsma, J B, Dalstra, J A A, Bonsel, G J, van der Meulen, J H P, Koster, R W, Gunning-Schepers, L J, Tijssen, J G P

“…OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between trends over time in mortality and hospital morbidity caused by various cardiovascular diseases in the Netherlands…”
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Genetic, clinical and pharmacological determinants of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: rationale and outline of the AmsteRdam Resuscitation Studies (ARREST) registry by Blom, M T, van Hoeijen, D A, Bardai, A, Berdowski, J, Souverein, P C, De Bruin, M L, Koster, R W, de Boer, A, Tan, H L

“…Introduction Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem. Recognising the complexity of the underlying causes of OHCA in the…”
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