Namratha Divakaran

Publications

• Research Article   
  Incidence of intraoperative cardiac arrest in a tertiary cancer centre:A retrospective study
  Author(s): Sonali Opneja, Roopesh Sureshan*, Satheeshan Balasubramanian, Jashma C, Joona P, Namratha Divakaran, Rahul KV and Riyas M
  
  Background: Cardiac arrest in the Operating Room (OR) and in the immediate postoperative period is a potentially catastrophic event that is almost always witnessed and is frequently anticipated. Unlike cardiac arrest that occurs in nonhospital settings, staff members know the medical and surgical history of patients who suffer arrest in the perioperative period, allowing them to provide support that is outside the scope of traditional resuscitation algorithms, such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Aim: To know the incidence of Intra Operative Cardiac Arrest (IOCA) in patients undergoing oncosurgeries in Malabar cancer centre. Cardiac arrest was defined as an event requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with either closed-chest cardiac compression or open cardiac massage. The basis for judgment of cardiac arrest was whether the electrocardio.. Read More»
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