Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 11 , Pages 1598-1599 , November 2010

Risen from the dead: A case of the Lazarus phenomenon—With considerations on the termination of treatment following cardiac arrest in a prehospital setting

  • Niels Henrik Krarup

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
    • Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. Tel.: +45 89 49 62 33; fax: +45 89 49 60 09.
    • ,
  • Anne Kaltoft

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
  • Poul Lenler-Petersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Viborg Hospital, Denmark
    • Mobile Emergency Care Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Received 14 June 2010

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PII: S0300-9572(10)00356-4

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.010

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 11 , Pages 1598-1599 , November 2010

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