Reanimación cardiopulmonar: cuestión de ética o inadecuado juicio clínico / Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Anethical concern or a matter of clinical judgment

ABSTRACT

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) refers to the set of procedures aimed at restoring spontaneous circulation in reversible cardiac arrest (CA) patients. There is a big difference between assisting a cardiac arrest in an end-stage disease patient where the cardiac arrest is an expected outcome resulting from the irrevocable evolution of a distressing disease, and assisting an unexpected sudden cardiac arrest in a patient admitted with a recoverable condition.