Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation - Cardiac Arrest
Diagnosis
The absence of a palpable pulse in a major peripheral artery (carotid, radial, or femoral) in an unconscious, unmonitored patient is diagnostic. An electrocardiogram (ECG) may reveal a nonperfusing rhythm (asystole, VF, VT) or an organized rhythm (as for PEA).
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation - Cardiac Arrest." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 9th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728412/all/Adult__Pediatric__and_Newborn_Resuscitation___Cardiac_Arrest.
Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation - Cardiac Arrest. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728412/all/Adult__Pediatric__and_Newborn_Resuscitation___Cardiac_Arrest. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation - Cardiac Arrest. (2019). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728412/all/Adult__Pediatric__and_Newborn_Resuscitation___Cardiac_Arrest
Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation - Cardiac Arrest [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728412/all/Adult__Pediatric__and_Newborn_Resuscitation___Cardiac_Arrest.
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