The Lazarus phenomenon - a remarkable case of spontaneous recovery from cardiac arrest in a do-not-resuscitate patient
Despite its rarity, autoresuscitation may result in favorable neurologic and functional outcomes even when cardiopulmonary resuscitation is not attempted.Patients should be monitored for at least 5 minutes prior to determination of circulatory death.
Authors
- Kevin Benavente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4219-7780)
- Akihiro Miyashita
- Bradley Fujiuchi
- Y. Hirao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6539-1797)
Institutions
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12890/2025_005308
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00