Ultrasound diagnosis of cardiac rupture caused by mechanical chest compression

A 74-year-old male with chronic kidney disease presented to the emergency department with asystole. Mechanical chest compression was started immediately using a piston-type thumper device. The initial potassium level was 7.7 mEq/L and bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) revealed no pericardial...

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Autores principales: Shih, Ying-Tai, Chua, Chai-Hock, Hou, Sheng-Wen, Lin, Li-Wei, Chong, Chee-Fah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6005916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2018.02.003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6005916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2018.02.003

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