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Cardiopulmonary arrest is usually the result of a cardiac dysrhythmia. The majority of adults (80% to 90%) with sudden, nontraumatic cardiac arrest are found to be in ventricular fibrillation when the initial electrocardiogram is obtained. When ventricular fibrillation occurs outside the hospital, it is presumed to reflect chronic myocardial ischemia with electrical instability, rather than acute myocardial infarction. In-hospital cardiac arrest most often follows acute myocardial infarction or is the result of severe multisystem disease, with asystole, bradydysrhythmias, or pulseless electrical activity.
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Marik, P.E. (2001). Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. In: Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86943-3_24
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