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Successful use of emergency transthoracic pacing in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest
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Successful use of emergency transthoracic pacing in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest

James R Roberts, Michael I Greenberg, John W Crisanti and Sigsby W Gayle
Annals of emergency medicine, v 13(4), pp 277-283
1984
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(84)80477-1
PMID: 6367556
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Abstract

cardiac arrest, pacing pacing, transthoracic
We present the documented successful resuscitation of six patients using emergency transthoracic pacing. Two patients were resuscitated from asystole, one had a slow supraventricular bradycardia following head trauma and spinal shock, and three patients had cardiovascular collapse secondary to complete A-V dissociation. One patient developed a non-fatal pericardial tamponade, but there were no cases of pneumothorax. All patients failed to respond to standard medical therapy. We believe that the initially succesful resuscitation of these patients was related directly to the pacing procedure. Three patients had underlying pathology that did not allow long-term survival. Three patients were discharged from the hospital without neurologic sequelae. Although emergency transthoracic pacing has a relatively low success rate in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest and may be associated with serious complications, the procedure may be life-saving in selected cases.

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