Protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury in prolonged resuscitation: A case report and review of literature
BACKGROUND: The severity of ischemia/reperfusion injury determines the neurologic outcome after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation.CASE REPORT: We present a case of prolonged open-chest resuscitation who survived without neurologic sequel.Multiple applied strategies to limit the deleterious effects of ischemia and reperfusion injury, that is,