• Acta Anaesthesiol Belg · Jan 2014

    Case Reports

    Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory ventricular fibrillation. A rescue bridge to reperfusion.

    • Anna P Hall, Thijs S R Delnoij, and Dirk W Donker.
    • Acta Anaesthesiol Belg. 2014 Jan 1; 65 (4): 175-8.

    AbstractAccumulating evidence suggests benefit of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) in patients with refractory cardiac arrest by using venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Appropriate patient selection for E-CPR is cumbersome and still debated. We describe a 56-year-old male who developed refractory ventricular fibrillation upon arrival at the emergency department and was successfully treated by urgent E-CPR. Patient selection, complications and the need to adapt the chain of survival are discussed.

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