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How To Treat Cardiac Arrest?
my brother had a kidney removed and in the middle of the surgery he threw a clot and went into cardiac arrest. They massaged the heart for 1.5 hours before they put him on bypass. Is it possible to have any brain function other than breathing and blinking after this? My brother is 62 years old
Mon, 12 Dec 2016
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It depends on how long was his brain without oxygen. If it is longer than 7 minutes then there are little chances that he will be conscious again, but if resuscitation was effective and brain was without oxygen less than 7 minutes, then he has chances to be back. Even in case of long resuscitation there might be chances. But it can tell you only his doctor who has all his data.
Take care
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It depends on how long was his brain without oxygen. If it is longer than 7 minutes then there are little chances that he will be conscious again, but if resuscitation was effective and brain was without oxygen less than 7 minutes, then he has chances to be back. Even in case of long resuscitation there might be chances. But it can tell you only his doctor who has all his data.
Take care
Come back of you have any further questions
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