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Sheldon Cheskes

Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine
Verified email at sunnybrook.ca
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Targeted temperature management following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of temperature targets

SM Fernando, P Di Santo, B Sadeghirad… - Intensive Care …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Targeted temperature management (TTM) may improve survival and functional
outcome in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), though the optimal …

2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology guidelines on the acute management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction …

GC Wong, M Welsford, C Ainsworth, W Abuzeid… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid reperfusion of the infarct-related artery is the cornerstone of therapy for the
management of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Canada's geography …

What is the role of chest compression depth during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation?

IG Stiell, SP Brown, J Christenson, S Cheskes… - Critical care …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: The 2010 international guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation recently
recommended an increase in the minimum compression depth from 38 to 50 mm, although …

Remote Ischemic Perconditioning to Reduce Reperfusion Injury During Acute ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

SL McLeod, A Iansavichene… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is a noninvasive therapeutic strategy that
uses brief cycles of blood pressure cuff inflation and deflation to protect the myocardium …

[HTML][HTML] Defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation

S Cheskes, PR Verbeek, IR Drennan… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular
fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external …

Perishock pause: an independent predictor of survival from out-of-hospital shockable cardiac arrest

S Cheskes, RH Schmicker, J Christenson, DD Salcido… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Perishock pauses are pauses in chest compressions before and after
defibrillatory shock. We examined the relationship between perishock pauses and survival …

What is the optimal chest compression depth during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation of adult patients?

IG Stiell, SP Brown, G Nichol, S Cheskes… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The 2010 American Heart Association guidelines suggested an increase in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation compression depth with a target> 50 mm and no upper limit …

The impact of increased chest compression fraction on return of spontaneous circulation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients not in ventricular fibrillation

C Vaillancourt, S Everson-Stewart, J Christenson… - Resuscitation, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Greater chest compression fraction (CCF, or proportion of CPR time spent
providing compressions) is associated with better survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest …

[HTML][HTML] Early versus later rhythm analysis in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

IG Stiell, G Nichol, BG Leroux, TD Rea… - … England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In a departure from the previous strategy of immediate defibrillation, the 2005
resuscitation guidelines from the American Heart Association–International Liaison …

[HTML][HTML] Trial of continuous or interrupted chest compressions during CPR

G Nichol, B Leroux, H Wang… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients with out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest, the interruption of manual chest compressions for rescue breathing reduces …