The Current Discussion Regarding End-of-Life Care for Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Initial Non-Shockable Rhythm: A Narrative Review

Despite recent advances in resuscitation science, outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with initial non-shockable rhythm remains poor.Those with initial non-shockable rhythm have some epidemiological features, including the proportion of patients with a witnessed arrest, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), age,

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Challenging chest drainage: a case report

Introduction.Chest trauma is one of the most common causes of death corresponding to 20 to 25 % of cases.The majority of the patients (85%), can be managed with only a tube thoracostomy.Our objective by presenting this case report is to provide an example of how to manage a challenging chest tube thoracostomy in a patient with cardiac hernia diagno

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