Cardiac Arrest - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534866/
2 Users
0 Comments
7 Highlights
0 Notes
Tags
Top Highlights
cardiac arrest is the sudden cessation of cardiac activity so that the victim becomes unresponsive, with no normal breathing and no signs of circulation
this condition progresses to sudden death
Within the United States, up to 70% of all sudden cardiac death is due to underlying coronary heart disease
patients who are in cardiac arrest will not have a normal breathing pattern or a pulse, differentiating syncope from cardiac arrest
due to underlying structural cardiac disease
due to underlying structural cardiac disease
Ready to highlight and find good content?
Glasp is a social web highlighter that people can highlight and organize quotes and thoughts from the web, and access other like-minded people’s learning.