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cardiopulmonary arrest

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Noun1.cardiopulmonary arrestcardiopulmonary arrest - absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
asystole, cardiac arrest
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition


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Clinical antecedents to in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.
Are rapid response teams simply a bandage on a bigger problem? by Pickoff, Robert M. / Physician Executive
These antecedents of cardiopulmonary arrest are similar to the early warning system criteria used in the UK and consider acute changes in vital signs.
ICU liaison nurse clinical marker project by Green, Anna / Australian Nursing Journal
If the last form of transmission was responsible, airborne virus may have been generated by the coughing patient (16) before her cardiopulmonary arrest or due to a "cough-like" force produced by the airway pressures created during asynchronous chest compressions and ventilations using the bag-valve-mask (28).
Possible SARS coronavirus transmission during cardiopulmonary ... by Low, Donald E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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