Successful Resuscitation with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Case with Prolonged Cardiac Arrest

Publication date: June 2018Source: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, Volume 33, Issue 2Author(s): Xuening Wang, Si M PhamAbstractThis case study describes a 25-year-old patient who had a witnessed cardiac arrest in the medical intensive care unit. The patient received 107 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was initiated. During extracorporeal life support, the patient's cardiac function improved. The patient was weaned from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on day 6 and was discharged without physical and neurological complications on day 28. The successful resuscitation in this case attributed to high-quality CCPR and timely ECMO support.
Source: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research