Publications by authors named "Tetsufumi Nakashima"
Propose: The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the prognostic factors in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) patients and to assess their accuracy as predictors of a favorable neurological outcome.
Materials And Methods: Between October 2009 and December 2017, we retrospectively analyzed witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who were admitted to our hospital and resuscitated with ECPR. We compared the baseline characteristics, pre-hospital clinical course, arrest causes, and blood samples on admission for the favorable and unfavorable outcome groups.
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at patients who had a cardiac arrest and were treated with a special machine called ECPR to help them breathe.
- Researchers wanted to find out what factors might cause these patients to bleed a lot after they were resuscitated.
- They found that older age, some blood tests, and previous medications were linked to a higher chance of major bleeding, especially looking at a specific blood marker called D-dimer.