When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon
Lazarus phenomenon refers to autoresuscitation of a patient declared dead after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The Lazarus phenomenon is rarely encountered and pathophysiology is not very well understood, but physicians need to be aware of this phenomenon. It is prudent that a phy...
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| author | Munish Sharma Megha Chandna Thang Nguyen Abhay Vakil Rene Franco Iqbal Ratnani Joseph Varon Salim Surani |
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| description | Lazarus phenomenon refers to autoresuscitation of a patient declared dead after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The Lazarus phenomenon is rarely encountered and pathophysiology is not very well understood, but physicians need to be aware of this phenomenon. It is prudent that a physician leading a CPR effort waits for some time and monitors the patient further using blood pressure and electrocardiogram before confirming that a patient is actually dead. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af56c3a0d0da49b09076125c49360f042025-02-03T01:24:56ZengWileyCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64202090-64392020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88419838841983When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus PhenomenonMunish Sharma0Megha Chandna1Thang Nguyen2Abhay Vakil3Rene Franco4Iqbal Ratnani5Joseph Varon6Salim Surani7Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Texas, USATexas A&M University, Bryan College Station, Texas, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Texas, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Texas, USADepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Texas, USAAcademic Institute, Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College, USAUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USADivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Texas A&M University, USALazarus phenomenon refers to autoresuscitation of a patient declared dead after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The Lazarus phenomenon is rarely encountered and pathophysiology is not very well understood, but physicians need to be aware of this phenomenon. It is prudent that a physician leading a CPR effort waits for some time and monitors the patient further using blood pressure and electrocardiogram before confirming that a patient is actually dead.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8841983 |
| spellingShingle | Munish Sharma Megha Chandna Thang Nguyen Abhay Vakil Rene Franco Iqbal Ratnani Joseph Varon Salim Surani When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon Case Reports in Critical Care |
| title | When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon |
| title_full | When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon |
| title_fullStr | When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon |
| title_full_unstemmed | When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon |
| title_short | When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8841983 |
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