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The etiology of cardiac arrest has been attributed over the past century to multiple causes, based more on episodic than pathophysiologic relationships. For this reason, it has been difficult to readily relate etiology to prevention and treatment. By accepting a pathophysiologic basis, it becomes unnecessary to remember large numbers of causes with intertwined related effects and biochemical changes. In this classification, a relationship becomes immediately apparent, even in complex or compounded etiologies.
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Jude, J.R. (1977). Classification of Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Cardiac Arrest. In: Safar, P., Elam, J.O. (eds) Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6338-8_1
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