When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon

Munish Sharma; Megha Chandna; Thang Nguyen; Abhay Vakil; Rene Franco; Iqbal Ratnani; Joseph Varon; Salim Surani

doi:10.1155/2020/8841983

When a Dead Patient Is Not Really Dead: Lazarus Phenomenon

Munish Sharma, Megha Chandna, Thang Nguyen, Abhay Vakil, Rene Franco, Iqbal Ratnani, Joseph Varon, Salim Surani

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Lazarus phenomenon refers to autoresuscitation of a patient declared dead after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The Lazarus phenomenon is rarely encountered and pathophysiology is not very well understood, but physicians need to be aware of this phenomenon. It is prudent that a physician leading a CPR effort waits for some time and monitors the patient further using blood pressure and electrocardiogram before confirming that a patient is actually dead.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8841983
Journal	Case Reports in Critical Care
Volume	2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8841983
State	Published - 2020

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