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MANAGEMENT OF CRISES DURING ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY. PART IV: CARDIAC ARREST | ||
| Basrah Journal of Surgery | ||
| Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-78 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bsurg.2013.73623 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salam N Asfar; Jasim M Salman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Salam N Asfar@ & Jasim M Salman# @MB, ChB, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, and Al-Sadir Teaching Hospital, Basrah. #MB,ChB, DA, FICMS, Lecturer & Consultant Anesthesiologist, Basrah University and Al-Sadir Teaching Hospital, Basrah, IRAQ. C ardiac arrest can be defined as inability of heart action to maintain adequate cerebral circulation. Arrest in association with anaesthesia accounts for millions of cases around the world1-2. Cardiac arrest attributable to anaesthesia occurred at the rate of between 0.5 and 1 case per 10 000 cases overall and at the rate of 1.4 per 10 000 cases for the paediatric series; 55% of these were in children less than 1 year of age. The overall rate of cardiac arrest is up to 10 times higher than this, with uncontrolled bleeding, technical surgical problems, extensive co-morbidity, and advanced age3,4. | ||
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