Comparison of manual chest compression versus mechanical chest compression for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate intervention to increase the prospect of survival. There are various ways to achieve cardiopulmonary resuscitation in such patients, either through manual chest compression or mechanical chest compression. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the differences between these interventions.

Trends in Rheumatic Heart Disease-Related Mortality in the United States from 1999 to 2020.

There is a lack of mortality data on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the United States (US). In light of this, a retrospective analysis was conducted to investigate the temporal, sex-based, racial, and regional trends in RHD-related mortality in the US, ranging from 1999 to 2020. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC-WONDER) dataset was analyzed, where crude and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) were identified, along with annual percentage changes (APCs) determined by Joinpoint regression.

Racial Disparity in Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is the abrupt cessation of cardiac function outside of a hospital setting. With limited research into the presence of racial disparities among outcomes of OHCA patients, this systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. PubMed, Cochrane, and Scopus were searched from inception to March 2023.