CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM WITH SUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION: REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: C MOTA, E A ZIKRIA, R E TABER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 September 1959CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM WITH SUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION: REPORT OF TWO CASESCARLOS MOTA, M.D., EMIR A. ZIKRIA, M.D., RODMAN E. TABER, M.D.CARLOS MOTA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EMIR A. ZIKRIA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RODMAN E. TABER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-3-577 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptVentricular fibrillation or cardiac asystole, a tragic operating room event, may also occur under nonsurgical conditions. Successful resuscitation in the former situation has become a relatively frequent occurrence. It is therefore logical that attention should be directed toward the management of this situation when it occurs outside the surgical amphitheater.Southworth et al.1 in 1950 reported successful resuscitation in a case of ventricular fibrillation precipitated by cardiac catheterization. Since then, several reports of recovery following ventricular fibrillation or asystole, treated by cardiac massage outside the operating room, have appeared in the medical literature.Multiple causes have been suggested as precipitating...Bibliography1. SouthworthMcKusickPeirceRawson JLVAECFL: Ventricular fibrillation precipitated by cardiac catheterization: complete recovery of patient after 45 minutes, J. A. M. A. 143: 717-720, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RobertsSchnabelRavdin BTGIS: Multiple episodes of cardiac arrest, J. A. M. A. 154: 582-583, 1954. Google Scholar3. ReaganYoungNicholson LBKRJW: Ventricular defibrillation in a patient with probable acute coronary occlusion, Surgery 39: 482-491, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Celio A: Cardiac arrest associated with coronary occlusion: successful resuscitation, J. Internat. Coll. Surgeons 25: 299-305, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. BeckWeckesserBarry CSECFM: Fatal heart attack and successful defibrillation: new concepts in coronary artery disease, J. A. M. A. 161: 434-436, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. HannonBrainardFlom DWJARS: Resuscitation from cardiac arrest due to acute coronary thrombosis, Dis. of Chest. 31: 655-656, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BloomfieldMannick DKJA: Successful resuscitation in acute myocardial infarction with ventricular fibrillation: report of a case, New England J. Med. 258: 1244-1247, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. BrownKnudsonSchroeder CDJGF: Cardiac arrest at work-penknife thoracotomy with recovery, J. A. M. A. 163: 352-353, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. MozenKatzmanMartin HEBJW: Successful defibrillation of the heart: resuscitative procedure started on medical ward and completed in the operating room, J. A. M. A. 162: 111-113, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. SchwartzLobell AMSM: Cardiac arrest: successful treatment in a patient's room, J. A. M. A. 166: 488-489, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. BucherlKoch ER: Erfolgreich behandelter Herzstillstand trotz "verspätet" einsetzender Herzmassage, Thoraxchirugie 4: 261-265, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. Swan H: Comment on paper by Johnson, J., Jr., and Kirby, C. K.: Surgical treatment of ventricular fibrillation, Ann. Surg. 134: 672-682, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Received for publication February 6, 1959.From the Divisions of Thoracic and General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Rodman E. Taber, M.D., Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 2, Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRepeated resuscitation in a patient with myocardial infarctionCardiac resuscitation after documented myocardial infarction 1 September 1959Volume 51, Issue 3Page: 577-583KeywordsCatheterizationHeartHemorrhageMyocardial infarctionResuscitationSystoleThoracic surgeryVentricular fibrillation ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...