Does Thrombolysis Have a Place in the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism? A Case of Successful Thrombolysis During Pulmonary Embolism Induced Cardiopulmonary Arrest

OBJECTIVE:Pulmonary embolism often causes cardiac arrest. When this occurs, thrombolytic therapy is not routinely administered. There are multiple reasons for this, including difficulty with rapidly adequately diagnosing the embolus, the lack of good data supporting the use of thrombolytics during r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care medicine 2016-05, Vol.44 (5), p.e300-e303
Hauptverfasser:	Namiranian, Khodadad, Rathi, Nisha K, Banchs, Jose, Price, Kristen J, Nates, Joseph L, Haque, Sajid A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods Echocardiography Heart Arrest - etiology Heart Arrest - therapy Humans Male Middle Aged Pulmonary Embolism - complications Thrombolytic Therapy - methods
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