From: Prognostic value of point-of-care ultrasound during cardiac arrest: a systematic review
Study | Presenting Rhythm | Outcome | N | + Outcome / + Cardiac Motion | + Outcome / - Cardiac Motion | - Outcome / - Cardiac Motion | - Outcome / + Cardiac Motion |
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Kim et al. [13] | VT and VF | ROSC | 1 | 100% (1/1) | 0% (0/0) | 0% (0/0) | 0% (0/0) |
Tomruk et al. [10] | VT and VF | ROSC | 8 | 0% (0/0) | 50% (4/8) | 50% (4/8) | 0% (0/0) |
Blaivas et al. [14] | VF | Hospital Admission | 66 | 53% (8/15) | 0% (0/51) | 100% (51/51) | 47% (7/15) |
Salen et al. [6] | VF | Hospital Admission | 6 | 25% (1/4) | 0% (0/2) | 100% (2/2) | 75% (3/4) |
– | VT | Hospital Admission | 5 | 67% (2/3) | 0% (0/2) | 100% (2/2) | 33% (1/3) |
Aichinger et al. [11] | VT and VF | Hospital Admission | 9 | 66% (2/3) | 0% (0/6) | 100% (6/6) | 33.3% (1/3) |
Cebicci et al. [8] | VT and VF | 24 h survival | 45 | 85.7% (30/35) | 20% (2/10) | 80% (8/10) | 14.3% (5/35) |
TOTAL | 140 | 72.1% (44/61) | 7.6% (6/79) | 92.4% (73/79) | 27.9% (17/61) |