ReviewMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2014
A simplified and structured teaching tool for the evaluation and management of pulseless electrical activity.
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- Pooled it
- ECG characteristics as indicators of the aetiology of pulseless electrical activity: a systematic review.British paramedic journal · 2025Article
- High accuracy distinction of shockable and non-shockable arrhythmias in abnormal classes through wavelet transform with pseudo differential like operators.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- How senior paramedics decide to cease resuscitation in pulseless electrical activity out of hospital cardiac arrest: a mixed methods study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Pulseless Electrical Activity: Detection of Underlying Causes in a Prehospital Setting.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2021Review
- Article
- 65-year-old Female with Cardiac Arrest and Return of Spontaneous Circulation.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2018Article
- Electrocardiography vs. Auscultation to Assess Heart Rate During Cardiac Arrest With Pulseless Electrical Activity in Newborn Infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
- Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Diagnosis of Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2015Article
- Traumatic Tension Pneumothorax as a Cause of ICD Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in cardiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Cardiac arrest victims who present with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) usually have a grave prognosis. Several conditions, however, have cause-specific treatments which, if applied immediately, can lead to quick and sustained recovery. Current teaching focuses on recollection of numerous conditions that start with the letters H or T as potential causes of PEA. This teaching method is too complex, difficult to recall during resuscitation, and does not provide guidance to the most effective initial interventions. This review proposes a structured algorithm that is based on the differentiation of the PEA rhythm into narrow- or wide-complex subcategories, which simplifies the working differential and initial treatment approach. This, in conjunction with bedside ultrasound, can quickly point towards the most likely cause of PEA and thus guide resuscitation.
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