Pinto, Joel and Almeida, Paulo and Ribeiro, Fani and Simões, Rita (2020) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Induced Consciousness - A Case Report in an Elderly Patient. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (2). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation-induced consciousness is a rarely described and often misunderstood phenomenon, although it can be encountered. High quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may lead a patient to recover consciousness while in cardiac arrest. The authors present the case of an 89-year-old male patient who received CPR after a cardiac arrest. Spontaneous movements during CPR were noted and prompted several CPR interruptions. These movements immediately stopped during chest compression pauses. Physical restraint was used in order to be able to continue with the CPR algorithm, but sedation may be the best approach. Guidelines on how to identify and manage these cases need to be developed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, consciousness, cardiac arrest |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2020 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2020 09:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19804 |
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