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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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| 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 |