Death following spontaneous recovery from cardiopulmonary arrest in a hospital mortuary: 'Lazarus phenomenon' in a case of alleged medical negligence

Forensic Science International

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 82-87

  Maeda, Hitoshi ^a   Fujita, Masaki Q ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a   Yukioka, Hidekazu ^a   Shindo, Mitsuo ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Ishida, Kaori ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alleged medical negligence; Cardiac arrest; Diagnosis of death; Lazarus phenomenon; Myocardial infarction; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0037173121     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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