Six Cases of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Alcoholic Ketoacidosis

Six Cases of Cardiac Thrombosis Causing Sudden Death

sions for diarrhoea. Came to hospital at 3 A.M. on 20th January 1891, and died at 8 A.M. the same morning. The symptoms were : Hurried, troubled breathing, intense pain over heart, cyanosis and rapid death. Post-mortem.?Rigidity. Cicatrix of a bubo in left groin. Lungs.?Pigmented, engorged with blood, crepitant. Heart.?Old whitish deposit of lymph is noted in pericardium, three similar spots on...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest during sports.

Exercise can trigger an acute cardiac event which may precipitate sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). On the other hand, exercise is important for physical fitness and prevention of cardiovascular disease, and the medical community should therefore inform the general public of the health benefits of sports and exercise. At the same time, the public are exposed to alarmist mass media coverage of athlet...

Alcoholic ketoacidosis associated with multiple complications: report of 3 cases.

We report 3 patients with alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA). All had a history of excessive intake and abrupt termination of alcohol. They showed tachypnea, tachycardia, abdominal tenderness, and epigastralgia. Metabolic acidosis with an increased anion gap, decreased PaCO2 and ketonemia were present. One patient whose ratio of 3-hydroxybutyric acid to acetoacetic acid was 4.0 was associated with di...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletic Medicine.

OBJECTIVE: To emphasize the importance of decreasing the response time by a trained target responder to increase the survival rate among athletes experiencing sudden cardiac arrest at an athletic event. BACKGROUND: Death due to sudden cardiac arrest that is witnessed is preventable in many cases. However, most people who experience this condition die because of a prolonged response time from on...