David M Stieb, Anne Huang, Robyn Hocking, Daniel L Crouse, Alvaro R Osornio-Vargas, Paul J Villeneuve
Using maps to communicate environmental exposures and health risks: Review and best-practice recommendations
Environmental research
management lifethreatening arrhythmia incredibly challenging advanced health systems subsaharan africa ssa likely challenging weak prehospital inhospital critical care systems little known lifethreatening arrhythmia outcomes ssa aim study examine types outcomes arrhythmias among haemodynamically unstable patients presenting tertiary hospital accraghana retrospective case series study conducted korlebu teaching hospital kbth accraghana medical records patients presented developed haemodynamically unstable arrhythmias within 24h admission january 2018 december 2020 reviewed demographic characteristics clinical data including outcomes patients collected descriptive statistics used results presented frequency tables total 42 patients lifethreatening arrhythmias included haemodynamically unstable tachyarrhythmias common arrhythmias found among patients 667 approximately 52 patients structural heart diseases whereas 262 apparent underlying cause predisposing factor cardioversion 524 commonly electrical 636 transvenous pacemaker implantation 238 common initial interventions majority patients 881 survived discharged home tachyarrhythmias common haemodynamically unstable arrhythmias seen among patients presenting emergently leading tertiary hospital ghana high survival rate observed cannot extrapolated healthcare settings subsaharan africa limited resources manage clinical entities