International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 203-225, October 2009

Post-cardiac arrest syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognostication: A Scientific Statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; the Council on Clinical Cardiology; the Council on Stroke (Part 1)☆☆☆☆☆

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom

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 A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.09.17.

☆☆ Endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Neurocritical Care Society.

☆☆☆ This article was originally co-published in Resuscitation and Circulation. This article is republished with permission from Circulation. 2008; 118:2452-2483 © 2008, American Heart Association, Inc. and Resuscitation. 79/3: 350-379 © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.

PII: S1755-599X(09)00002-0

doi:10.1016/j.ienj.2009.01.001

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 203-225, October 2009