Risen from the dead: A case of the Lazarus phenomenon-With considerations on the termination of treatment following cardiac arrest in a prehospital setting

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1598-1599

  Krarup, Niels Henrik ^a   Kaltoft, Anne ^a   Lenler Petersen, Poul ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; TROPONIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LAZARUS PHENOMENON; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 78149409008     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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