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Meanings of asystole in English
Absence of ventricular contractions lasting longer than the minimum possible to sustain life.
Related terms
Portuguese
parada cardiorrespiratória Spanish
asistolia Absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death.
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Examples for "cardiac arrest"
Examples for "cardiac arrest"
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Early reports said a man aged about 40 went into cardiac arrest.
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Media reports had earlier said the 54-year-old had died of cardiac arrest.
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But the most common underlying reason for cardiac arrest is heart disease.
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Following cardiac arrest a lucid, organized, and conscious experience should be impossible.
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The protocol included three successive episodes of cardiac arrest in each animal.
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It's the type we see with cardiopulmonary arrest, Dr Kanter told reporters.
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If someone is struck, the most significant danger is cardiopulmonary arrest.
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One patient suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest before thyroidectomy could be performed.
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Background: In-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) accounts for substantial morbidity and mortality.
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Her death certificate says she died of cardiopulmonary arrest due to complications from a MRSA infection.
Usage of asystole in English
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Background: Prolonged asystole is sometimes an extreme manifestation of neurally mediated syncope.
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This scene also uses some very official sounding doctor words such as asystole.
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Two patients are described with reproducible cardiac asystole post-exercise.
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A patient whose heart was asystole, or a straight line on the graph, did not come back.
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One thing that's inaccurate in this clip is that asystole can't actually be reversed with a shock.
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In Group 1 patients, findings at test-induced asystole were consistent with exaggerated sympathetic and concurrent persistent parasympathetic activity.
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Fun fact, I do suppose it is possible for you to poop your pants while you're in asystole.
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After 16 hours, a child admitted to hospital died of a progressive bradycardia with subsequent asystole in respiratory paralysis.
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Success rate of emergency treatment was 81.3% for ventricular fibrillation, 88.1% for ventricular tachycardia and 18% for asystole.
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Conclusion: Unusual autonomic responses to orthostatic stress can cause prolonged asystole, and this autonomic nerve dysregulation may relate to asystolic episodes associated with cardiovascular collapse.
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Methods: Head-up tilt testing (80 degrees) was performed in 25 patients for up to 40 min or until asystole or syncope occurred.
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If the heart is weak, there are likely to be asystoles, and tachycardia may occur, or a lowered blood pressure.
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"Asystole!" came Jack's voice over her headset.
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"He's asystole." She turned to her partner.
Frequent collocations
Translations for asystole
Russian
Portuguese
Catalan
Asystole through the time