Publications by authors named "Idrees Salam"
Objective: Comorbidity prior to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and primary rhythm in relation to survival is not well established. We aimed to assess the prognostic importance of comorbidity in relation to primary rhythm in OHCA-patients treated with Target Temperature Management (TTM).
Design: Consecutive comatose survivors of OHCA treated with TTM in hospitals in the Copenhagen area between 2002-2011 were included.
The formation and design of the TRIAGE study--baseline data on 6005 consecutive patients admitted to hospital from the emergency department.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
December 2015
Article Synopsis
- The TRIAGE study aims to improve emergency department (ED) protocols by identifying low-risk patients suitable for early discharge using new inflammatory biomarkers and vital signs, addressing the issue of patient crowding.
- Researchers collected extensive data on over 6,000 patients, focusing on demographics, triage levels (from non-urgent to resuscitation), and clinical events during their stays.
- Findings indicate that a significant portion of patients were classified as low urgency (green), with a notable percentage experiencing no major events during their hospital visits, suggesting potential for improving discharge processes.
Background: Current guidelines recommend that comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with ST-segment elevations (STEs) following return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) should be referred for an acute coronary angiography. We sought to investigate the diagnostic value of the pre-hospital ROSC-ECG in predicting ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Method: ROSC-ECGs of 145 comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, randomly assigned in the Target Temperature Management trial, were classified according to the current STEMI ECG criteria (third universal definition of myocardial infarction).
Purpose: Assessment of prognosis after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is challenging. Cerebral computed tomography (cCT) scans are widely available, but the use in prognostication of comatose OHCA-patients is unclear. We evaluated the prognostic value of cCT in a clinical cohort of OHCA-patients.
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