Article: Studies from Innsbruck Medical University have provided new data on cardiology.(Clinical report)

"We created a prediction model to be used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts as a decision tool to omit futile CPR attempts and to save resources. In this post hoc analysis, we assessed predictive parameters for neurological recovery after successful CPR," researchers in Innsbruck, Austria report (see also Cardiology).

"The original study was designed as a blinded, randomized, prospective, controlled, multicenter clinical trial. We identified 1166 prehospital cardiac arrest patients being treated with advanced cardiac life support. Seven hundred eighty-six of 1166 patients (67.4%) died at the scene and 380 of 1166 (32.6%) were brought to the ...

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