Aviat Space Envir Md
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Aviat Space Envir Md · May 1997
Hyperthermia-induced cardiac arrest in monkeys: limited efficacy of standard CPR.
Successful resuscitation from heatstroke cardiopulmonary arrest has been only partially explored and the data covering the post resuscitation pathophysiology leading to secondary arrest is, in most cases, insufficient. ⋯ We conclude that experimentally-induced heatstroke can be transiently reversed by standard resuscitative procedures, but is followed by a delayed, irreversible, secondary shock state, which could not be prevented by the treatment we employed. We were, however, able to document in detail the pathophysiologic processes involved in the resuscitation, and the irreversible shock one sees after "successful" CPR.