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INTRA‐ABDOMINAL COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING PROLONGED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Author(s) -
Bernard Stephen A.,
Jones Bruce Macc.,
Scott W. John
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00390.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , cardiac massage , resuscitation , laparotomy , abdomen , acute abdomen , myocardial infarction , anesthesia , surgery , cardiology
A patient who underwent prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation developed an acute abdomen in the early post‐arrest period which required laparotomy. Operative findings were of a perisplenic haematoma and infarction of the caecum. The latter has not previously been reported in this setting. A review of the literature reveals that many abdominal complications may occur following external cardiac massage. Difficulties in investigation and management are discussed.