Clinical practice recommendations on the management of perioperative cardiac arrest: A report from the PERIOPCA Consortium

Abstract Background Perioperative cardiac arrest is a rare complication with an incidence of around 1 in 1400 cases, but it carries a high burden of mortality reaching up to 70% at 30 days. Despite its specificities, guidelines for treatment of perioperative cardiac arrest are lacking. Gathering the...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Chalkias, Nicolas Mongardon, Vladimir Boboshko, Vladimir Cerny, Anne-Laure Constant, Quentin De Roux, Gabriele Finco, Francesca Fumagalli, Eleana Gkamprela, Stéphane Legriel, Vladimir Lomivorotov, Aurora Magliocca, Panagiotis Makaronis, Ioannis Mamais, Iliana Mani, Theodoros Mavridis, Paolo Mura, Giuseppe Ristagno, Salvatore Sardo, Nikolaos Papagiannakis, Theodoros Xanthos, for the PERIOPCA Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03695-2