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Percutaneous Left Stellate Ganglion Block In Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Refractory VEntricular Arrhythmias (LIVE Study)

RECRUITINGSponsored by Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Actively Recruiting
SponsorFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Started2019-07-15
Est. completion2025-07-31
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 100 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT04168970

Summary

A prospective uncontrolled study to verify the feasibility and practicability of percutaneous stellate ganglion block (PSGB) in patient suffering from a refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to a shockable rhythm and the eventual occurrence of complication related to it. The study will also assess whether the rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) until admission and transfer of care to the receiving hospital is higher in the patients treated with PSGB as compared to historical controls.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 100 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients with an OHCA occurred in the Province of Pavia in which the first rhythm was a shockable one

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients in which the cause of the cardiac arrest is non-medical following Utstein-style 2014 (trauma, overdose, drowning, electrocution, asphyxia)
* Patients who has an anisocoria at the arrival of medical doctor on the scene
* Patients whose neck is judge unsuitable for PSGB by the operator (i.e. presence of big scar, thyroid goiter, etc.)

Conditions3

Heart DiseaseOut-Of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestVentricular Fibrillation Sustained

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