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SUBMITTER: Oksar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766314 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in anesthesiology 20160211
Chest compression is important in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, life support algorithms do not specify when chest compression should be initiated in patients with persistent spontaneous normal breathing in the early phase after cardiac arrest. Here we describe the case of a 69-year-old man who underwent femoral bypass surgery and was extubated at the end of the procedure. After extubation, the patient's breathing pattern and respiratory rate were normal. The patient subsequently develo ...[more]