Publications by authors named "Jan Thorsten Graesner"
Objectives: Cardiac arrest (CA) in patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with a poor prognosis. Due to the additional trauma, risk of stroke and lack of data, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a controversial revascularization strategy for patients who cannot be treated percutaneously. Against this background, we investigated the outcome of patients from our department with acute myocardial infarction undergoing CABG after CA.
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- The study aimed to determine the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) for outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) through an international survey targeting emergency physicians and acute cardiovascular researchers.
- 160 respondents from 46 countries provided insights, revealing that higher baseline outcomes correspond to higher MCIDs; for example, a population with 25% survival had median MCIDs of 5% for both survival and favorable neurologic status at discharge.
- The findings suggest that understanding MCIDs for outcomes like ICU-free and hospital-free survival can help facilitate more rapid improvements in resuscitation care based on evidence-based practices.