An 86-year-old woman underwent transfemoral aortic valve implantation (23-mm SAPIEN). She required immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Contrast angiography revealed periaortic blood extravasation (Fig. 1, panel C). Immediate operation revealed an aortic tear in the suprannular position (Fig. 1, panel D) that was repaired with direct suture. A 19-mmMitroflowwas implanted. The patient was di...

BACKGROUND Timely mouth-to-mouth ventilation is critical to resuscitate drowning victims. While drowning is frequent, there are no lay persons trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in rural Bangladesh. As part of a feasibility study to create a first response system in a conservative Islamic village environment, a pilot was undertaken to examine willingness to provide mouth-to-mouth v...

BACKGROUND Decisions regarding Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders remain demanding, as does including patients in the process. OBJECTIVES To explore physicians' justification for CPR/DNAR orders and decisions regarding patient inclusion, as well as their reports of how they initiated discussions with patients. METHODS We administered a face-t...

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INTRODUCTION Competence in neonatal resuscitation, which represents the most urgent pediatric clinical situation, is critical in delivery rooms to ensure safety and health of newly born infants. The challenges experienced by health care providers during this procedure are unique due to different causes of cardio respiratory arrest. This study aimed at assessing the knowledge of health providers...

OBJECTIVES It is known that exercise induces cardio-respiratory autonomic modulation. The aim of this study was to assess the cardio-pulmonary fitness by ultra-short heart rate variability. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study population was divided into 3 groups: Group-1 (n = 40) consisted of military sports man. Group-2 (n = 40) were healthy age-matched sedentary male subjects with normal body mass ...

ct 1314 is a new steroid anesthetic which is used for the rapid induction of anesthesia. its duration of action as well as the time course for the recovery is rapid. it has a high therapeutic index and proved compatible with other drugs used in anesthesiology. no appreciable side effects has been encount e red during anesthesia with thisdrug . to avoid any disturbance in cardio-pulmonary system...