Introdução: Considerando que as doenças cardiovasculares são responsáveis por elevadas taxas de mortalidade no mundo e que esse cenário não é diferente no Brasil, a Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia alerta que os cardiopatas podem ser acometidos a qualquer momento por uma parada cardiorrespirat...
Out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest (OHCA) is highly lethal. Although overall survival is increasing, hospital discharge with good neurological prognosis remains low and highly variable. In some countries, protocols are being implemented, which include techniques in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, allo...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the care measures performed after cardiorespiratory arrest (CRA) and to relate them to the neurological status and survival at four moments: within the first 24 hours, at the discharge, six months after discharge, and one year after discharge. Method: retrospective, ana...
ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric...
Background: The incidence of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is approximately 20 to 140 per 100.000 inhabitants. International registries, based on Utstein criteria have allowed standardized reporting of OHCA profiles and outcomes in different countries. We proposed to create a local OHCA registry....
Sr. Editor:
El síndrome coronario agudo es la principal causa de parada cardiaca extrahospitalaria en países occidentales1. Las guías europeas de reanimación cardiopulmonar recomiendan una coronariografía urgente con miras a realizar una intervención coronaria percutánea primaria en los supervivi...
