Sex-related disparities in obstructive coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, and mortality in adults with cardiac arrest.

Objectives: Despite numerous advances in the delivery of resuscitative care, cardiac arrest (CA) continues to be associated with high morbidity and mortality. We sought to examine the association between sex and presence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and mortality in adults with CA.

Methods: The study population included 208 consecutive patients hospitalized with CA who underwent resuscitation and subsequent coronary angiogram at an academic tertiary medical center.

Predictors of Obstructive Coronary Disease and Mortality in Adults Having Cardiac Arrest.

Coronary angiography is a key component of systematic, multi-disciplinary post-cardiac arrest (CA) care, however, coronary angiogram is not routinely performed in the setting of CA. We sought to identify the predictors of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and mortality in adults with CA undergoing coronary angiogram. The study population included 208 consecutive patients hospitalized with CA who underwent resuscitation and subsequent coronary angiogram at an academic tertiary medical center.

Association between intra- and post-arrest hyperoxia on mortality in adults with cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: The association between intra-arrest and post-arrest hyperoxia and mortality in adults with cardiac arrest (CA) is widely debated. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between intra-arrest and post-arrest hyperoxia and mortality in adults with CA.

Methods: We systematically searched MEDLINE and Cochrane databases to identify observational studies from January 2008 to December 2017 investigating the relationship between hyperoxia (either intra-arrest or post-arrest) and mortality in adults with CA.

Reducing bounce effects in the Andersen cascade impactor.

The collection efficiency of the Andersen cascade impactor (ACI) can be affected by particle bounce, overload and re-entrainment (or blow-off), collectively referred to as bounce effects. Reduction of bounce effects in the ACI operated at 60 LPM was investigated for placebo large porous particles. Aerodynamic particle size distributions (aPSDs) obtained with the ACI and multi-stage liquid impinger (MSLI) were compared by observation of modes and statistical comparisons of the mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) and geometric standard deviation (sigmag).