Cardiac arrest after air travel successfully treated by presumptive fibrinolysis.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.02.010.
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Abstract
Thromboembolic events should be strongly suspected in cases where medical events occur after prolonged air travel. Pulmonary embolism should be suspected in patients with sudden cardiac arrest. Consequently, patients should be managed according to this eventuality. We report a case of sudden cardiac arrest after air travel in which the patient survived after fibrinolysis was prescribed on a presumptive basis.
Medical subject headings
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Heart Arrest
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator