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Sudden cardiac arrest: Studies on risk and outcome
Blom, M.T.
Publication date
2014
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Final published version
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Blom, M. T. (2014). Sudden cardiac arrest: Studies on risk and outcome. Boxpress.
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction and outline 7
PART I: Markers of SCA risk on the ECG from non-cardiac risk factors 2. Increased prevalence of electrocardiogram markers for sudden cardiac
arrest in epilepsy 17
3. Brugada syndrome ECG is highly prevalent in schizophrenia 33 4. Differential Changes in QTc Duration during In-hospital Haloperidol Use. 53
5. Haloperidol and peri-operative changes in the QTc-interval: a
prospective in-hospital study. 67
PART II: non-cardiac risk factors for SCA in the general community 6. Genetic, clinical and pharmacological determinants of out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest: rationale and outline of the Amsterdam Resuscitation
Studies (ARREST) registry 87
7. Cardiac sodium channels and inherited electrophysiologic disorders: an
update on the pharmacotherapy. 101
8. Sudden cardiac arrest associated with use of a non-cardiac drug that
reduces cardiac excitability: evidence from bench, bedside, and community. 125
9. Patients with obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk of
ECG documented out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 149
PART III: survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
10. Reduced in-hospital survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
11. Women are less likely to be resuscitated during out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest than men 187
12. Improved survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and use of
205
13. General summary and discussion 225
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