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Cardiac arrest

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Watch out for post-arrest complications - rib fractures are common b

Why?

  • Complications found on autopsy include rib fractures (32%), marrow emboli (11%), haemopericardium (5%) and liver (5%) or spleen (5%) lacerations b

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton