• Ugeskrift for laeger · May 2012

    Case Reports

    [Cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolus and treated with thrombolysis].

    • Martin Kirk Christensen, Leif Rognås, Bo Løfgren, and Hanne Maare Søndergaard.
    • Medicinsk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Viborg/Skive, Heibergs Allé 4, 8800 Viborg, Denmark. mkc@martinkc.dk
    • Ugeskr. Laeg. 2012 May 14;174(20):1387-8.

    AbstractResuscitation after cardiac arrest is unlikely if a reversible cause is not identified and treated. The potentially reversible causes can be described as hypoxia, hypovolaemia, hypo-/hyper-kalaemia/other metabolic disorders, hypothermia and tension pneumothorax, tamponade (cardiac), toxins and thrombus. We report a case in which thrombolysis was used successfully during prolonged resuscitation. The patient was later confirmed to have had a massive pulmonary embolus. He was discharged to his home 13 days after cardiac arrest without any sign of neurological deficit.

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