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Filter by:Myocardial protection is a fundamental element for the safety of patients when performing cardiac surgery. For this purpose, cardioplegia were rapidly established in clinical practice to protect the myocardium when performing aortic clamp. Cardioplegia are procedures to stop the contraction of myocardium. It is usually achieved with the use of chemicals ( cardioplegic solutions) or cold temperature (such as chilled perfusate). The composition of the cardioplegic solutions and their method of administration continuously changed over the years. At the present date, cold blood cardioplegias are performed in the investigator's center. The investigators regularly use two modes of administration: either by an antegrade path (injection in the coronary arteries), or a retrograde one (injection in the venous system). At present, there are no elements supporting the superiority or inferiority of one path compared to another. The difficulty lies within a clear estimation of the contractility state of the ventricular cardiac muscle. Technological developments in recent years provided a solution to this problem. The analysis of the pressure/volume curves generated by a ventricle allows an accurate quantification of the myocardial contractility. This requires the use of conductance catheters to accurately measure the ventricular volume and the ventricular pressure. The absolute ventricular contractility is then deduced with the help of a software. The investigators intend to use this pressure-volume loops, obtained with conductance catheters, to compare the contractility of the right heart ventricle after antegrade vs retrograde cardioplegia.
The use of protective ventilation (to maintain normoxia and normocapnia), optimise haemodynamics, diagnose/treat seizures, therapeutic hypotermia etc is recommended for ICU management of patients who have had cardiac arrest and remain in coma after return of spontaneous circulation according to the latest International Guidelines. These actions essentially aim to limit secondary brain injury but despite all therapeutic effort, the cerebral oxygenation may remain inadequate and there is no validated method to avoid such a state in real time.
Early stress-dose steroids are of uncertain efficacy in cardiac arrest. The current authors plan to conduct a prospective, randomized, placebo controlled evaluation of stress-dose steroids efficacy with repect to early postresuscitation hemodynamics, heart function, brain perfusion, and inflammatory response in vasopressor-requiring cardiac arrest. Patients will also be followed for organ dysfunction, potential, steroid-associated complications, and functional outcome at hospital discharge.
The main purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that continuous NMB could improve outcome in cardiac arrest patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
Chest compression, a key component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), has a major role for survival of cardiac arrest patients. According to 2015 American heart association (AHA) guideline, rescuers provide high quality CPR to adult cardiac arrest patients including 5 to 6 cm depth and 100 to 120 beat per minute rate chest compression. However, in CPR situation, chest compression depth and rate vary according to provider's muscle strength. In other words, the individual difference of the degree of physical activity will make the different result for CPR. So, the investigators hypothesize that the core muscles activation using physical fitness improves the quality of chest compression and the quality of CPR, eventually.
This multicenter study will validate a panel of serum, imaging, and clinical biomarkers to classify patient outcome early after out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest. Results are expected to have a positive and immediate impact in advancing clinical care and outcomes for these children. This work will provide clinicians, families, and researchers with superior tools to assess the severity of brain injury early after resuscitation in order to know who is at risk of brain injury and may benefit from neuroprotective interventions, to monitor response to these interventions, to plan rehabilitation strategy, and to optimize the design of research studies that test novel interventions to improve neurological outcome after cardiac arrest.
The objective of this study is to compare two forms of pre-training (an online narrative presentation and a serious game) to prepare 2nd year medical students for a hands-on training with physical simulators about out-of-hospital cardiac arrest management.
The aim of the trial is to compare immediate angiography in survivors of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) without ST-segment elevation versus delayed/selective catheterization with respect to 30 day mortality. The TOMAHAWK trial is supported by the Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK).
In case of a cardiac arrest it is very important to quickly provide high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). For reasons of patient safety the investigators want to assess the frequency, the quality and the outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitations in the Inselspital Bern.
The objective of this study is to determine whether healthcare professionals trained in CPR can deliver more effective ventilations during CPR using the Handivent, a novel turbine-driven ventilator as compared to bag-valve-mask ventilations, using a manikin model. The investigators believe the Handivent will deliver a more accurate respiratory rate and tidal volume, with lower intrathoracic pressure during CPR.