Frequency of intraoperative cardiac arrest and medium-term survival

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Although advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques have reduced perioperative morbidity-mortality, the survival rate following cardiac arrest remains low. The aim of this study was to evaluate, over the course of one year, the prevalence of intraoperative cardiac arrest...

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Main Authors: Ilana Sebbag, Maria Jose Carvalho Carmona, Maria Margarita Castro Gonzalez, Hermes Marcel Alcantara, Rolison Gustavo Bravo Lelis, Flavia de Oliveira Toledo, Gustavo Fabio Aranha, Rafael Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi, Jose Otavio Costa Auler Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802013000500309&lng=en&tlng=en