Potential Candidates for a Structured Canadian ECPR Program for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), while resource-intensive, may improve outcomes in selected patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We sought to identify patients who fulfilled a set of ECPR criteria in order to estimate: (1) the proportion of patients wit...

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Published in:	Canadian journal of emergency medicine Vol. 18; no. 6; p. 453
Main Authors:	Grunau, Brian, Scheuermeyer, Frank Xavier, Stub, Dion, Boone, Robert H, Finkler, Joseph, Pennington, Sarah, Carriere, Sarah Ann, Cheung, Anson, MacRedmond, Ruth, Bashir, Jamil, Christenson, Jim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-11-2016
Subjects:	Adult Aged British Columbia Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - mortality Cohort Studies Confidence Intervals Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - methods Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - mortality Female Humans Male Middle Aged Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - diagnosis Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - mortality Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Patient Selection Program Evaluation Prospective Studies Registries Risk Assessment Survival Rate Treatment Outcome Urban Health Services - organization & administration ECMO ECPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiac arrest
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