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Cardiac arrest caused by acute gastric dilatation in a bulimia patient: a case report
Qi Cai1, Menglong Song2, Hongqiong Peng2
1School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Abstract:
This case report describes a young female patient with a long-standing history of bulimia nervosa a who developed acute gastric dilatation (AGD) following a binge-eating episode. The patient declined surgical intervention, leading to rapid clinical deterioration and cardiac arrest. Despite achieving return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), followed by emergency surgery and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support, she remained hemodynamically unstable and eventually died. This case highlights the critical severity of AGD and underscores the importance of early surgical intervention, while also discussing the limitations of ECMO in managing non-cardiogenic shock.
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