title: Rising from the dead!
abstract: A report of a patient with Lazarus phenomenon (the return of spontaneous circulation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation) following cardiac arrest (myocardium ischemia) is presented. A 65 year patient was found unconscious at home. He taken to the emergency department On arrival he was unconscious, his pupils fixed and dilated bilaterally. Resuscitation proceeded for 55 minutes. He was then pronounced dead. Forty minutes later spontaneous breathing was noted and his blood pressure was 110/48 and heart rate 90bpm. He survived a further 13 days in the coronary care unit. The implications for management of cardiac arrest in the emergency and medical department are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Seberang Jaya, Medicine, Jalan Tun Hussein Onn, Perai, Pulau Pinang 13700 Malaysia. dywinlow@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Looi
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Manocha
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagalingam
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ayop
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yeoh
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Mohd Yusoff
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans