TYK222
The use of E-CPR (when available) should be discussed preoperatively when planning for high-risk cardiac catheterizations in patients with which of the following conditions?
a) Refractory life-threatening arrhythmias
b) Severe biventricular failure
c) Failing Fontan physiology
d) Heart transplant with severe rejection and graft vasculopathy
e) All of the above
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Answer
Answer e. E-CPR might be required in any of the conditions listed. Appropriate preoperative planning should involve discussion of E-CPR candidacy for these patients, and E-CPR should be rapidly deployed in the event of cardiac arrest if available.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.