SPLENIC RUPTURE FOLLOWING CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION

Authors
STALLARD N FINDLAY G SMITHIES M
Citation
N. Stallard et al., SPLENIC RUPTURE FOLLOWING CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION, Resuscitation, 35(2), 1997, pp. 171-173
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Resuscitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009572
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
171 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9572(1997)35:2<171:SRFC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation has improved outcome from cardiac arrest . However complications may occur secondary to the resuscitation effor ts. We present a case of intraabdominal haemorrhage, due to traumatic rupture of the spleen and discuss the problems of diagnosing intraabdo minal haemorrhage in the post cardiac arrest patient, whose hypotensio n may be ascribed to myocardial dysfunction. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.