CARDIAC arrest may occur unexpectedly during various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly under anesthesia. Though infrequent (1 in every 500 to 5000 operations 1,2), each accident is a ...

If a patient is successfully resuscitated after a cardiac arrest and circulation resumes, they are not out of the woods yet. A number of factors can influence whether and how they survive the trauma ...

A cardiac arrest is also called a cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest and indicates a sudden stop in effective and normal blood circulation due to failure of the heart to pump blood. One in ...