SynthesisCardiology journal2023
Diagnostic performance of point-of-use ultrasound of resuscitation outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 3265 patients.
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- Real-time transesophageal echocardiography for guiding prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation.World journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Multifactorial Determinants of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality in the Emergency Department: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Ultrasound medicine in the era of precision theranostics: Mechanisms, molecular strategies, and clinical translation.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2026Review
- Self-assessment and learning motivation in emergency point-of-care ultrasound: an online pilot investigation in German physicians.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Ultrasound during Advanced Life Support-Help or Harm?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Can absence of cardiac activity on point-of-care echocardiography predict death in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis.The ultrasound journal · 2024Review
- The 2023 Core Content of advanced emergency medicine ultrasonography.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2023Article
- Descriptive study of free Emergency Trauma Services and Outcomes in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital, North-Western Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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13 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundEchocardiography in the setting of resuscitation can provide information as to the cause of the cardiac arrest, as well as indicators of futility. This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to determine the value of point-of-care ultrasonography (PoCUS) in the assessment of survival for adult patients with cardiac arrest.
methodsThis meta-analysis was performed in adherence to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane have been searched from databases inception until March 2nd 2021. The search was limited to adult patients with cardiac arrest and without publication dates or country restrictions. Papers were chosen if they met the required criteria relating to the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of this diagnostic technique concerning resuscitation outcomes.
resultsThis systematic review identified 20 studies. Overall, for survival to hospital discharge, PoCUS was 6.2% sensitivity (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.7-8.0%) and 2.1% specific (95% CI 0.8-4.2%). PoCUS sensitivity and specificity for return of spontaneous circulation were 23.8% (95% CI 21.4-26.4%) and 50.7% (95% CI 45.8-55.7%) respectively, and for survival to admission 13.8% (95% CI 12.2-15.5%) and 20.1% (95% CI 16.2-24.3%), respectively.
conclusionsThe results do not allow unambiguous recommendation of PoCUS as a predictor of resuscitation outcomes and further studies based on a large number of patients with full standardization of operators, their training and procedures performed were necessary.
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