Hyperkalaemic cardiac arrest

The Aassociation between Pre-Cardiac Arrest Comorbidity and Unsuccessful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest

Background and Objective: Patients suffering from cardiac arrest (CA) have poor prognosis and survival. The association of pre-arrest comorbidity with unsuccessful resuscitation in patients with CA is far from clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between pre-existing comorbidity and unsuccessful resuscitation following CA in Iranian patients. Materials and Met...

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Application of ultrasound in pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest

Cardiac Arrest

Ma Patients who are comatose after cardiac arrest continue to be a challenge, with high mortality. Although there is an American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Class I recommendation for performing immediate angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (when indicated) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, no guidelines exist for patient...

Post-operative hyperkalaemic paralysis.

Tetraparesis is more often a clinical feature of profound hypokalaemia 1, 2 than hyperkalaemia. Neurological features ofhyperkalaemia are rarely seen in clinical practice, as they are precluded by cardiotoxic complications such as arrhythmias. However, patients may develop flaccid paralysis of skeletal muscle with areflexia mimicking symptoms of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.3...