• Resuscitation · Nov 2006

    Case Reports

    Colon ischaemia and necrosis as a complication of prolonged but successful CPR.

    • Willem Stockman, Jan De Keyser, Steven Brabant, Kurt Spoelders, Patrick Vuylsteke, Reinold Beeuwsaert, and Eric Coppé.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care Services, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care, H.-Hart Hospital, 8800 Roeselare, Belgium. wstockman@hhr.be
    • Resuscitation. 2006 Nov 1;71(2):260-2.

    AbstractSurvival after prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is often associated with neurological and other sequelae. We describe a patient who survived prolonged cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation neurologically intact but suffered colon ischaemia and necrosis in the post-resuscitation period. Subtotal colectomy was performed. We wonder whether this complication was related to the use of vasopressin.

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