Wei-Ting Chiu1, Kun-Chang Lin2, Min-Shan Tsai3, Chih-Hsin Hsu4, Chen-Hsu Wang5, Li-Kuo Kuo6, Yu-San Chien7, Cheng-Hsueh Wu8, Chih-Hung Lai9, Wei-Chun Huang10, Chih-Hsien Wang11, Tzong-Luen Wang12, Hsin-Hui Hsu13, Jen-Jyh Lin14, Juey-Jen Hwang15, Chip-Jin Ng16, Wai-Mau Choi17, Chien-Hua Huang18. 1. Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 3. Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 4. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital Dou Liou Branch, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. 5. Attending Physician, Coronary Care Unit, Cardiovascular Center, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 6. Department of Critical Care Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 7. Department of Critical Care Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taiwan. 8. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 9. Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 10. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Physical Therapy, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 11. Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 12. Chang Bing Show Chwang Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan; School of Medicine and Law, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 13. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan. 14. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Respiratory Therapy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. 15. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taiwan. 16. Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. 17. Department of Emergency Medicine, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. 18. Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taiwan. Electronic address: chhuang5940@ntu.edu.tw.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Post-cardiac arrest care is critically important in bringing cardiac arrest patients to functional recovery after the detrimental event. More high quality studies are published and evidence is accumulated for the post-cardiac arrest care in the recent years. It is still a challenge for the clinicians to integrate these scientific data into the real clinical practice for such a complicated intensive care involving many different disciplines. METHODS: With the cooperation of the experienced experts from all disciplines relevant to post-cardiac arrest care, the consensus of the scientific statement was generated and supported by three major scientific groups for emergency and critical care in post-cardiac arrest care. RESULTS: High quality post-cardiac arrest care, including targeted temperature management, early evaluation of possible acute coronary event and intensive care for hemodynamic and respiratory care are inevitably needed to get full recovery for cardiac arrest. Management of these critical issues were reviewed and proposed in the consensus CONCLUSION: The goal of the statement is to provide help for the clinical physician to achieve better quality and evidence-based care in post-cardiac arrest period.
BACKGROUND: Post-cardiac arrest care is critically important in bringing cardiac arrestpatients to functional recovery after the detrimental event. More high quality studies are published and evidence is accumulated for the post-cardiac arrest care in the recent years. It is still a challenge for the clinicians to integrate these scientific data into the real clinical practice for such a complicated intensive care involving many different disciplines. METHODS: With the cooperation of the experienced experts from all disciplines relevant to post-cardiac arrest care, the consensus of the scientific statement was generated and supported by three major scientific groups for emergency and critical care in post-cardiac arrest care. RESULTS: High quality post-cardiac arrest care, including targeted temperature management, early evaluation of possible acute coronary event and intensive care for hemodynamic and respiratory care are inevitably needed to get full recovery for cardiac arrest. Management of these critical issues were reviewed and proposed in the consensus CONCLUSION: The goal of the statement is to provide help for the clinical physician to achieve better quality and evidence-based care in post-cardiac arrest period.