2024
Temperature Control Parameters Are Important: Earlier Preinduction Is Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Beekman R, Kim N, Nguyen C, McGinniss G, Deng Y, Kitlen E, Garcia G, Wira C, Khosla A, Johnson J, Miller P, Perman S, Sheth K, Greer D, Gilmore E. Temperature Control Parameters Are Important: Earlier Preinduction Is Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024 PMID: 39033449, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOut-of-hospital cardiac arrestNeurological outcomeDevice cohortCardiac arrestOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest patientsConsecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrestPreinduction timeInterquartile rangeAssociated with improved outcomesCardiac arrest patientsProportion of patientsMultivariate logistic regression modelInverse probability of treatmentDevice timeInverse probability treatment weightsProbability of treatmentProspective trialsOHCA patientsArrest patientsClinical outcomesLogistic regression modelsCenter studyEarly initiationSecondary outcomesTreatment weighting
2023
Abstract 145: Deploying Early Cooling at ICECAP Sites: A Barrier Assessment
Beekman R, Kline P, Yeatts S, Geocadin R, Silbergleit R, Meurer W. Abstract 145: Deploying Early Cooling at ICECAP Sites: A Barrier Assessment. Circulation 2023, 148: a145-a145. DOI: 10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBarriers to early initiationIntensive care unit transferCardiac arrest patientsNurse availabilityProvider educationControl practicesIdentified barriersElectronic surveyBarrier assessmentQuality improvementArrest patientsEducational initiativesInstitutional protocolUnit transferPrincipal investigatorCardiac arrestSurvivors of cardiac arrestBoarding timeStandard sedationBest practicesAverage boarding timeEarly initiationComatose survivors of cardiac arrestEarly coolingDevelopment of sedatives