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Autoresuscitation (Lazarus phenomenon) after termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation - a scoping review by Gordon, Les; Pasquier, Mathieu; Brugger, Hermann; Paal, Peter is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## Background Autoresuscitation describes the return of spontaneous circulation after termination of resuscitation (TOR) following cardiac arrest (CA). We aimed to identify phenomena that may lead to autoresuscitation and to provide guidance to reduce the likelihood of it occurring. ## Materials and methods We conducted a literature search (Google Scholar, MEDLINE, PubMed) and a scoping review according to PRISMA-ScR guidelines of autoresuscitation cases where patients undergoing CPR recovered circulation spontaneously after TOR with the following criteria: 1) CA from any cause; 2) CPR for any length of time; 3) A point was reached when it was felt that the patient had died; 4) Staff declared the patient dead and stood back. No further interventions took place; 5) Later, vital signs were observed. 6) Vital signs were sustained for more than a few seconds, such that staff had to resume active care. ## Results Sixty-five patients with ROSC after TOR were identified in 53 articles (1982–2018), 18 (28%) made a full recovery. ## Conclusions Almost a third made a full recovery after autoresuscitation. The following reasons for and recommendations to avoid autoresuscitation can be propose
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- Author
- Gordon, Les; Pasquier, Mathieu; Brugger, Hermann; Paal, Peter
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1757-7241)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)