Pulseless electrical activity during electroconvulsive therapy: a case report
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Pulseless electrical activity during electroconvulsive therapy: a case report
BACKGROUND Arrhythmias resulting in cardiac arrest during electroconvulsive therapy have been reported. Most reported cases of cardiac arrest had asystole as the initial rhythm. Pulseless electrical activity as an initial rhythm of cardiac arrest during electroconvulsive therapy has never been reported. Also, thromboembolism after inflation of pneumatic tourniquet during lower limb surgery has ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Anesthesiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2253
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-12-8