Neurologic causes of cardiac arrest and outcomes.

Background: Sudden cardiac arrest as a complication of neurologic disorders is rare, occasionally acute neurologic events present with cardiac arrest as initial manifestation.

Objective: Our aim was to describe neurologic disorders as a cause of cardiac arrest in order to enable better recognition.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed prospectively collected resuscitation data of all patients treated between 1991 and 2011 at the emergency department after cardiac arrest caused by a neurologic event, including diagnosis, therapy, and outcomes.

Causes of in-hospital cardiac arrest and influence on outcome.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the relationship between cause and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of resuscitation data, causes of cardiac arrest and outcome with a follow-up to 6 months of a cardiac arrest registry in an emergency department of a tertiary care hospital, covering a 17.5-year period.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation-associated major liver injury.

Aim: To evaluate the frequency, presentation, treatment and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation-associated major liver injury in patients after non-traumatic in- or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of a cardiac arrest registry in a tertiary care hospital emergency department. We reviewed patients charts, laboratory data, diagnostic imaging studies and autoptic findings.

Non-traumatic aortic dissection or rupture as cause of cardiac arrest: presentation and outcome.

Objective: To evaluate the frequency, presentation and outcome of non-traumatic aortic dissection/rupture as a cause of cardiac arrest.

Design: Retrospective analysis of a cardiac arrest registry in a tertiary care hospital emergency department.

Results: Over 11.

Acute chest pain--identification of patients at low risk for coronary events. The impact of symptoms, medical history and risk factors.

Background: The evaluation of patients with acute chest pain remains challenging, as it implies the risk of fatal misdiagnosis. It is well recognized that typical angina does not specifically identify patients at high risk. We investigated the predictive value of characteristics atypical for myocardial ischemia for exclusion of acute or subacute coronary events, focusing on patients' symptoms, medical history and risk factors.

Clinical signs of pulmonary congestion predict outcome in patients with acute chest pain.

Background: Pulmonary congestion is associated with poor outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes. In consecutive patients presenting with acute unexplained chest pain to a primary care facility, the prognostic impact of pulmonary congestion is indeterminate. Therefore, we assessed the predictive value of clinical signs of pulmonary congestion in patients presenting with acute chest pain to an emergency department with regard to the origin of the symptoms.