Cardiac Arrest During General Anesthesia - Report of 10 cases.
10.4097/kjae.1972.5.2.157
- Author:
Jong Hyun LEE
1
;
Se Jin CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Chungnam National University, College of Medicine, Daejon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, General*;
Cause of Death;
Chungcheongnam-do;
Embolism, Air;
Heart Arrest*;
Humans
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1972;5(2):157-161
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We heraby report 10 cases of cardiac arrest associated with general anesthesia at Chungnam Medical Center during the period of Jan. 1967 through June 1972 as follows. (1) Among 10 cases, 3 cases recovered without complications and 7 cases expired. (2) Two pediatric patients showed remarkable recovery with treatment. (3) The expired 7 cases had been in very poor physical condition and recovery from cardiac arrest was delayed. The cause of death in one case was presumed to be air embolism.
