Uncontrolled donation programs after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. An estimation of potential donors
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2018-01-01
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Maria Navalpotro-Pascual, Jose
Echarri-Sucunza, Alfredo
Mateos-Rodriguez, Alonso
Peinado-Vallejo, Francisco
Fernandez del Valle, Patricia
Alonso-Moreno, Daniel
del Pozo-Perez, Carmen
Mier-Ruiz, Maria V.
Ignacio Ruiz-Azpiazu, Jose
Bravo-Castello, Jose
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Elsevier ireland ltd
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Objective: To determine the number of potential deceased organ donors from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases (OHCA) attended by public physician-led emergency medical services in Spain, based on data recorded in the nationwide Spanish OHCA Registry (OHSCAR).Material and methods: We analysed OHSCAR data on deceased OHCA patients in Spain during 13 months (1/10/2013 to 31/10/2014). Variables included age, sex, estimated OHCA time, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) start time and outcome. Inclusion criteria were: age 16-60 years, witnessed OHCA, no return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and time interval
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Emergency medical services, Physician on board, Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death, Emergency-department staff, Heart-beating donors, Organ donation, Working