TY - JOUR AU - Mongardon, Nicolas AU - Dumas, Florence AU - Ricome, Sylvie AU - Grimaldi, David AU - Hissem, Tarik AU - Pène, Frédéric AU - Cariou, Alain PY - 2011 DA - 2011/11/03 TI - Postcardiac arrest syndrome: from immediate resuscitation to long-term outcome JO - Annals of Intensive Care SP - 45 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - The prognosis for postcardiac arrest patients remains very bleak, not only because of anoxic-ischemic neurological damage, but also because of the "postcardiac arrest syndrome," a phenomenon often severe enough to cause death before any neurological evaluation. This syndrome includes all clinical and biological manifestations related to the phenomenon of global ischemia-reperfusion triggered by cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation. The main component of the postcardiac arrest syndrome is an early but severe cardiocirculatory dysfunction that may lead to multiple organ failure and death. SN - 2110-5820 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2110-5820-1-45 DO - 10.1186/2110-5820-1-45 ID - Mongardon2011 ER -