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Can energetic and persistent resuscitation efforts lead to good neurological outcomes in patients with persistent and recurrent ventricular fibrillation?
Can energetic and persistent resuscitation efforts lead to good neurological outcomes in patients with persistent and recurrent ventricular fibrillation?
Persistent and recurrent ventricular fibrillation can still be compatible with a good neurological outcome following energetic and persistent resuscitation efforts.
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Energetic resuscitation may yield intact survival in refractory VF; this case report leaves open broader applicability.
A 49‐year‐old man suffering from chest pain collapsed on arrival at an emergency department. Ventricular fibrillation was confirmed and he survived neurologically normal after 22 defibrillation shocks. This case attests that persistent and recurrent ventricular fibrillation is still compatible with good neurological outcome. Energetic and persistent efforts should be continued in such cases. Amiodarone should be considered early in the course of refractory ventricular fibrillation.
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