The CAHP (cardiac arrest hospital prognosis) score: A tool for risk stratification after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in elderly patients.

Background: Older age is associated with worse outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Therefore, we tested the performance of CAHP score, to predict neurological outcome in elderly OHCA patients and to select patients most likely to benefit from coronary angiogram (CAG).

Materials And Methods: The present study was a retrospective multicentre observational study at 3 non-university hospitals and 1 university hospital.

Assessment of macro- and micro-oxygenation parameters during fractional fluid infusion: A pilot study.

Purpose: The main goal of this study was to assess whether maximal fluid infusion improves both oxygen delivery (DO) and micro-circulatory parameters during hemodilution. The secondary objective was to assess the ability of baseline micro-circulatory parameters to predict oxygen consumption (VO) response following fluid infusion.

Materials And Methods: In a postoperative cardiac ICU, patients received repeated fluid infusion until stroke volume (SV) was maximized.

Perioperative Ventilatory Management in Cardiac Surgery: A French Nationwide Survey.

Protective ventilation is associated with a lower incidence of pulmonary complications. However, there are few published data on routine pulmonary management in adult cardiac surgery. The present study's primary objective was to survey pulmonary management in this high-risk population, as practiced by anesthesiologists in France.