Reply to: Suggestions to improve the traumatic cardiac arrest guidelines based on practical prehospital experience

Sepsis guidelines: Suggestions to improve adherence.

The context in which a sepsis guideline is to be used is important and to a large extent determines whether it will be implemented successfully. Factors such as lack of time and resources, lack of reimbursement and organizational constraints may also preclude adoption of guidelines. Thus, sepsis guidelines have been adapted to suit the resources in both resource rich and poor regions of the wor...

COVID-19: Iran’s Actions to Deal with and Control the Pandemic and Practical Suggestions

Strategies to improve cardiac arrest survival: a time to act.

Reply to: Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: outcome predictors

We would like to thank the interest paid to our study and the valuable comments regarding it.(1) Herein, we clarify the comments and questions raised. Despite advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac arrest is still associated with high morbidity and mortality.(2) Survival of these patients depends on the quality of care, and despite the fact that basic and advanced life support have ...

Applicability of adult guidelines for withholding or terminating resuscitation for prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatrics.

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to assess the applicability to a pediatric population of adult guidelines for withholding or terminating traumatic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). METHOD Using a trauma registry database and patient data from May 2001 to February 2011, a retrospective cohort study was conducted for all trauma patients less than 18 years of age who arrived at the emergency...