Post-Return of Spontaneous Circulation (Post-ROSC) Management for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Patients: What We Can Do to Improve Survival and Return to Work and Participation in Society?
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 129
Special Issue Editor
2. Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Science Research Team (RESTART), Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Interests: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; arrhythmias
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Dear Colleagues,
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has increased in recent years due to community involvement initiatives and improved pre-hospital care. However, the management of the phase after the return of spontaneous circulation (post-ROSC) plays a crucial role in allowing the patient to have the best possible chance of survival. Improvements in both the pre-hospital phase of post-ROSC (e.g., post-ROSC ECG, avoid hyperoxia, etc.) and the in-hospital treatment (e.g., coronary angiography, anti-aggregation therapy, ICU treatment) can make a significant difference for the patient's outcome. Moreover, in cases where the patient survives with a good neurological outcome, there is increasing evidence that psychological distress problems may affect the patient's quality of life and return to social life, so it appears to be of paramount importance to act in order to allow the patient not only to survive, but to return to their usual quality of life before the cardiac arrest.
This Special Issue therefore aims to explore all aspects of patient treatment, from the immediate phase after ROSC to the patient's return to society.
Dr. Enrico Baldi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)
- quality of life
- psychological distress
- post-ROSC management
- return to society
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