Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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Date
2022-03
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Abstract
Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for refractory out?of?hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has been shown to improve outcome in many Western countries. There are no reports of ECMO being used to support OHCA in India till date. We report a case of a young man who developed cardiac arrest (CA) while driving and was given bystander cardiac massage. He was brought to tertiary care center where an ECMO was utilized for refractory CA. The patient subsequently underwent emergency coronary artery stenting and was weaned off ECMO and ventilation. We discuss the case and highlight the role of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation, out of hospital cardiac arrest, coronary stenting
Citation
Nair Suresh G, Abraham Jobin, Varghese Johnson, Nair Manoj P, Varma Raja Shekar . Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2022 Mar; 25(1): 73-76