• Ugeskrift for laeger · Sep 2013

    Case Reports

    [Acute pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest treated with thrombolysis and an automatic chest compression device].

    • Tinne Tranberg, Nis-Joachim Vagner, Alf Christensen, Lars Ilkjær, and Christian Juhl Terkelsen.
    • Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling B, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Brendstrupgårdsvej 100, Aarhus N. tinne_tranberg@hotmail.com
    • Ugeskr. Laeg. 2013 Sep 2; 175 (36): 2043-4.

    AbstractSurvival after pulseless electrical activity cardiac arrest is poor. In this case report we describe a patient who had acute massive pulmonary embolism and was treated with thrombolysis and an automatic mechanical chest compression device, Lund University Cardiac Arrest System (LUCAS 2). Chest compressions were effectively provided for two hours during a prolonged resuscitation and transferral for pulmonary embolectomy. The patient was extubated one day after the operation and discharged with normal cerebral function nine days after the cardiac arrest.

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