The role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) imaging in clinical outcomes during cardiac arrest: a systematic review

Zaki, Hany A.; Iftikhar, Haris; Shaban, Eman E.; Najam, Mavia; Alkahlout, Baha Hamdi; Shallik, Nabil; Elnabawy, Wael; Basharat, Kaleem; Azad, Aftab Mohammad

doi:10.1186/s13089-023-00346-1

The Ultrasound Journal

Table 1 Study characteristics

From: The role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) imaging in clinical outcomes during cardiac arrest: a systematic review

Author ID	Study design	Country	Cardiac arrest setting	Patients’ characteristics					Operator	POCUS setting	Outcomes
				Sample (n)	M/F	Initial rhythm
				Sample (n)	M/F	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

EP emergency physicians, POCUS point-of-care ultrasound, SHA survival to hospital admission, SHD survival to hospital discharge, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, PEA pulseless electrical activity, VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, NR not reported, ED Emergency Department

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