Successful Resuscitation with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Case with Prolonged Cardiac Arrest.

Author: Xue-Ning WANG ¹ ; Si-M PHAM ²
Author Information

1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shanxi Dayi Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030032, China.
2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine,Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Publication Type:Journal Article
From: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 2018;33(2):127-129
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: This case study describes a 25-year-old patient who had a witnessed cardiac arrest in the medical intensive care unit. The patient received 107 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was initiated. During extracorporeal life support, the patient's cardiac function improved. The patient was weaned from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on day 6 and was discharged without physical and neurological complications on day 28. The successful resuscitation in this case attributed to high-quality CCPR and timely ECMO support.