Publication details
Opakované resuscitace u geriatrické pacientky a jak to bylo dál?
| Title in English | Repeated cardiopulmonary resuscitation of geriatric patient - and how it went afterwards? |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geriatrie a gerontologie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | cardiopulmonary resuscitation; geriatric patient; treatment plan; DNAR |
| Description | Cardiopuimonary resuscitation (CPR) is an algorithm of simple and logical set of actions during acute onset of cardiac arrest, which should lead to fast restoration of delivery of oxygenated blood to brain. CPR on elderly patients has some specific features and there are often complications during CPR. Moreover, another problem is to decide whether to initiate CPR on elderly patients with many comorbidities. In this case report a history of a geriatric patient is described, who underwent repeated CPR for cardiac arrest after anaphy-lactic shock, followed by acute myocardial infarction. Follow-up treatment was mananaged on standard care Department of Internal Medicine, where she rehabilitated and was dismissed home. |