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Cardiac asystole which manifests itself as a ventricular fibrillation or cardiac standstill is an accident occurring in approximately 0.1 per cent of all surgical interventions.’ It has been reported that 87 per cent of cardiac arrests occur in the operating room.6 In many medical institutions of the world, the customary approach to the problem is time consuming and conservative. All too freque...

This investigation of the electrocardiographic and biochemical changes in very severe acidosis was prompted by the study of a patient with cardiac arrest (Stewart, Stewart, and Gillies, 1962) in whom improvement of myocardial activity appeared to be correlated with correction of acidosis. This paper describes clinical and experimental data indicating that heart block and asystole may be caused ...

background : patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. this study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders.   methods: a randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 pa...

or as ventricular fibrillation, the circulation must be restored promptly; otherwise anoxia will result in irreversible damage. There are two techniques that may be used to meet the emergency: one is to open the chest and massage the heart directly and the other is to accomplish the same end by a new method of closed-chest cardiac massage. The latter method is described in this communication. T...