Brain stem death as the vital determinant for resumption of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest in rats.

BACKGROUND:Spontaneous circulation returns to less than half of adult cardiac arrest victims who received in-hospital resuscitation. One clue for this disheartening outcome arises from the prognosis that asystole invariably takes place, after a time lag, on diagnosis of brain stem death. The designa...

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Main Authors: Alice Y W Chang, Julie Y H Chan, Yao-Chung Chuang, Samuel H H Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2766834?pdf=render