Perioperative cardiac arrest: an evolutionary analysis of the intra-operative cardiac arrest incidence in tertiary centers in Brazil

• Published in: Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier) Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 176 - 182
• Main Authors: Vane, Matheus Fachini, do Prado Nuzzi, Rafael Ximenes, Aranha, Gustavo Fabio, da Luz, Vinicius Fernando, Sá Malbouisson, Luiz Marcelo, Gonzalez, Maria Margarita Castro, Auler, José Otávio Costa, Carmona, Maria José Carvalho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Elsevier Editora Ltda 01.03.2016; Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anestesia; Anesthesia; ANESTHESIOLOGY; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Complicações intraoperatórias; Heart arrest; Intra-operative complications; Parada cardíaca; Reanimação cardiopulmonar; Heart arrest; Intra-operative complications; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Parada cardíaca; Reanimação cardiopulmonar; Anesthesia; Complicações intraoperatórias; Anestesia; Intra‐operative complications

Great changes in medicine have taken place over the last 25 years worldwide. These changes in technologies, patient risks, patient profile, and laws regulating the medicine have impacted the incidence of cardiac arrest. It has been postulated that the incidence of intraoperative cardiac arrest has d...