Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation.

• Main Authors: Victor Rene Navarro Machado (Author), Omar Bárbaro Rojas Santana (Author), Alba Enseñat Álvarez (Author), Arelys Falcón Hernandez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1727-897X
• Keywords: resucitación cardiopulmonar; practice guideline; emergencies; critical care; emergency treatment; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Medisur, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 151-158 (2009)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation. It is the group of procedures that should be accomplished to restore circulation and ventilation in a patient with cardiac arrest, including actions to reintegrate upper neurological functions after restoring cardiac function. This document includes a review of concepts, aetiology and updates the main clinical aspects related with diagnosis and treatment aimed at the post-resuscitation syndrome. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.