Why the study?
Does starting resuscitative measures within four minutes improve survival and complete recovery in patients with perioperative cardiac arrest?
Population
132 patients in whom cardiac arrest occurred during anesthesia, surgery, or postoperatively
Comparison
Resuscitative measures started within four… vs Resuscitative measures started after a delay of…
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Resuscitation within four minutes was associated with complete recovery without impairment; hypothesis-generating for perioperative arrest and requires prospective confirmation.
Does starting resuscitative measures within four minutes improve survival and complete recovery in patients with perioperative cardiac arrest?
Initiating resuscitative measures within four minutes of cardiac arrest is critical for achieving complete cardiac and cerebral recovery.
Seymour L. Cole (1956) studied this question.
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