Table 1

Selected reported cases of autoresuscitation.
Author
 Age (yr)
 Diagnosis
 Rhythm
 Min*
 Outcome
 EKG
 AL
 Obs**
Letellier [25]
 80
 Pulmonary edema
 asystole
 5
 normal
 +
 -
 +
Voekkel [26]
 55
 Sudden death
 asystole
 7
 death at 3 d
 +
 -
 +
MacGillivray [27]
 76
 COPD
 asystole
 5
 death 24 hr later
 +
 -
 +
Rosengarten [28]
 36
 asthma
 EMD
 5
 normal
 +
 -
 +
Abdullah [29]
 93
 sepsis
 asystole
 5
 not stated
 +
 ?
 +
Al-Ansari [30]
 63
 COPD
 asystole
 3
 normal
 +
 -
 +
Frolich [31]
 67
 MI
 asystole
 5
 normal d3; death d7
 +
 +
 +
Casielles-Garcia [32]
 94
 hemorrhage
 EMD
 3
 death at 18 d
 +
 +
 +
Maleck [33]
 80
 sepsis
 asystole
 <5
 death at d2
 +
 +
 +
Quick [34]
 70
 hyperkalemia
 asystole
 8
 normal
 -
 -
 +
Ben-David [35]
 66
 sudden VF
 asystole
 10
 normal
 -
 -
 +
Monticelli et al [36]
 78
 MI
 asystole
 >10
 death at 19 hr
 -
 -
 +

AL: arterial line; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EKG: electrocardiogram; EMD: electromechanical dissociation; MI: myocardial infarction; VF: ventricular fibrillation. *Min: time in minutes from stopping resuscitation in the stated rhythm to return of circulation. **Obs: refers to continuous clinical bedside observation.

Joffe Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007 2:28   doi:10.1186/1747-5341-2-28