Post-Cardiac Arrest

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Narrative Reviews

Post-Cardiac Arrest

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Sections

General | Investigations & Monitoring | Therapies

General

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Grand. State of the art post-cardiac arrest care: evolution and future of post cardiac arrest care. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;12:559–570
Penketh. In-hospital cardiac arrest: the state of the art. Crit Care 2022;26(1):376

Post Cardiac Arrest

Kjaergaard. Haemodynamic, oxygenation, and ventilation targets after cardiac arrest: the current ABC of post-cardiac arrest intensive care. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;12:513–517

Cerebral Perfusion

Schoenthal. Cerebral hemodynamics after cardiac arrest: implications for clinical management. Minerva Anestesiologica 2023;89(9):824-33

Conditions

Post eCPR

Kang. Post-Cardiac Arrest Care in Adult Patients After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Crit Care Med 2024;52(3):483-494

Complications

Shock

Jozwiak. Post-resuscitation shock: recent advances in pathophysiology and treatment. Ann Intensive Care 2020;10:170

Cardiogenic Shock

Vallabhajosyula. Contemporary Management of Concomitant Cardiac Arrest and Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Myocardial Infarction. Mayo Clin Proc 2022;97(12):2333-2354

Seizures

Shivering

Myoclonus

Brain Injury

Multiple Organ Dysfunction

Yao. Extracerebral multiple organ dysfunction and interactions with brain injury after cardiac arrest. Resusc Plus 2024;19:100719

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Geetha. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia After Cardiac Arrest and Prevention Strategies: A Narrative Review. Medicina 2025;61(1):78

Psychological Injury

Monitoring & Investigations

Intra-Arrest

Ultrasound

Post-Arrest

Neuroprognostication

Brain Monitoring

Sandroni. Brain monitoring after cardiac arrest. Curr Opin Crit Care 2023;29(2):68-74

EEG

Benghanem. Prognostication after cardiac arrest: how EEG and evoked potentials may improve the challenge. Ann Intensive Care 2022;12:111

Biomarkers

Isse. Biomarkers for neuroprognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;12:548–549

Somatosensory Evoked Potentials

EEG

Benghanem. Prognostication after cardiac arrest: how EEG and evoked potentials may improve the challenge. Ann Intensive Care 2022;12:111

Therapies

Temperature Management

Mechanical Ventilation

Blood Pressure

Skrifvars. Blood pressure targets and management during post-cardiac arrest care. Resuscitation 2023;epublished June 26th

Invasive Techniques

Obermaier. Advanced and Invasive Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Techniques as an Adjunct to Advanced Cardiac Life Support. J Clin Med 2022;11(24):7315

Extracorporeal CPR

Ubben. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory OHCA: lessons from three randomized controlled trials—the trialists’ view. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023;12:540–547

Oxygenation

Hoiland. Clinical targeting of the cerebral oxygen cascade to improve brain oxygenation in patients with hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury after cardiac arrest. Intensive Care Med 2023;epublished July 28th

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Gall. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Related to Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Literature Review. J Clin Med 2023; 12(23):7275

Last updated February 17th, 2025