Author ID | Study design | Country | Cardiac arrest setting | Patients’ characteristics | Operator | POCUS setting | Outcomes | ||||
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Sample (n) | M/F | Initial rhythm | |||||||||
Asystole | PEA | VF/VT | |||||||||
Aichinger et al. [11] | Prospective observational study | Austria | OHCA | 42 | 30/12 | 20 | 11 | 11 | EP | Pre-hospital | SHA |
Atkinson et al. [12] | Retrospective observational study | Canada | OHCA | 223 | 149/74 | NR | NR | NR | EP | ED | SHA, SHD and ROSC |
Blaivas et al. [13] | Prospective observational study | United States | OHCA | 169 | NR | 65 | 38 | 66 | EP | ED | SHA |
Bolvardi et al. [14] | Prospective observational study | Iran | IHCA or OHCA | 159 | 83/76 | 79 | 50 | 30 | EP | ED | ROSC |
Breitkreutz et al. [15] | Prospective observational study | Germany | OHCA | 230 | 141/84 | 38 | 22 | 35 | EP | Pre-hospital | SHA |
Cebicci et al. [16] | Retrospective observational study | Turkey | IHCA or OHCA | 410 | 132/278 | 290 | 75 | 45 | EP | ED | SHA and ROSC |
Chardoli et al. [17] | Prospective observational study | Iran | OHCA | 100 | 56/44 | NR | 100 | NR | EP | ED | ROSC |
Chua et al. [18] | Prospective observational study | Singapore | OHCA | 104 | 71/33 | 47 | 33 | 17 | Senior resident | ED | SHA and SHD |
Cureton et al. [19] | Retrospective observational study | United States | OHCA | 318 | NR | NR | 318 | NR | EP | ED | SHA |
Flato et al. [20] | Prospective observational cohort study | Brazil | IHCA | 49 | 27/22 | 17 | 32 | NR | ICU specialists | ICU | SHD and ROSC |
Gaspari et al. [21] | Prospective observational study | United States and Canada | IHCA or OHCA | 793 | 492/301 | 379 | 414 | NR | EP | ED | SHA, SHD and ROSC |
Hayhurst et al. [22] | Prospective observational study | United Kingdom | OHCA | 50 | NR | 20 | 23 | 6 | EP | ED | SHA and ROSC |
Kim et al. [23] | Prospective observational study | Republic of Korea | OHCA | 48 | 34/14 | 39 | 8 | 1 | Senior residents and EP | ED | ROSC |
Lien et al. [24] | Prospective observational study | Taiwan | OHCA | 177 | 111/66 | 82 | 64 | 31 | EP | ED | ROSC and SHD |
Masoumi et al. [25] | Cross-sectional study | Iran | IHCA or OHCA | 151 | 115/36 | 89 | 62 | NR | EP | ED | SHA, SHD, and ROSC |
Ozen et al. [26] | Prospective single-center observational Study | Turkey | IHCA or OHCA | 129 | 83/46 | NR | NR | 30 | Senior emergency residents | ED | SHA and ROSC |
Salen et al. [27] | Prospective observational study | United States | IHCA or OHCA | 102 | NR | 36 | 55 | 11 | EP, residents, and attendings | ED | SHA |
Salen et al. [28] | Prospective, multicenter observational trial | United States | OHCA | 70 | 43/27 | 36 | 34 | NR | EP | ED | SHD and ROSC |
Tayal et al. [29] | Prospective observational study | United States | OHCA | 20 | 12/8 | NR | NR | NR | EP | ED | SHD and ROSC |
Thandar et al. [30] | Prospective cohort study | India | OHCA or IHCA | 84 | 57/37 | 56 | 28 | NR | EP | ED | SHA, SHD and ROSC |
Tomruk et al. [31] | Prospective observational study | Turkey | OHCA or IHCA | 149 | 97/52 | 77 | 64 | 8 | EP | ED | ROSC |
Zengin et al. [32] | Prospective observational study | Turkey | IHCA or OHCA | 179 | 104/75 | 108 | 42 | 5 | Senior doctors | ED | SHD |