Successful cardiac and cerebral resuscitation with extracorporeal circulation and mild hypothermia.
Extracorporeal circulation could be effective for cardiac resuscitation in patients who do not respond to ''Advanced cardiac life support'' (ACLS), but cannot guarantee brain survival. A case of successful cardiac and cerebral resuscitation with extracorporeal circulation and mild hypothermia, in a 48 year-old man with cardiac arrest due to cardiac tamponade, is reported. The good long term neurologic outcome of the patient is also described.
Arnaoutoglou
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Department of Anesthesia and Postoperative Intensive Care, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece. keme42002@yahoo.gr
Petrou
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Tefa
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Drossos
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Matsagas
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Papadopoulos
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D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome