Scientific contribution · Perioperative resuscitation

Post-arrest decisions in the operating room

Original publication title (Spanish): «¿Podemos seguir operando? Decisiones postparo en quirófano». Consideraciones clínicas para continuar contra suspender la cirugía tras un paro cardíaco en sala de operaciones

José Manuel Vázquez-Reyes · Rafael Eduardo Herrera-Elizalde

Structures the individualized decision to continue or stop surgery after arrest according to reversibility, hemodynamic stability, urgency and risk of recurrence.

Main contribution

The publication addresses the decision to continue or stop surgery after arrest. This page must explain the clinical question and facilitate reading the original without turning it into a universal answer. Clinical review must verify that every proposed criterion corresponds to the work and that the explanation preserves the conditions and limits of its application.

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Related concepts and searches

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  • post-arrest decisions
  • continuing surgery after arrest
  • stopping surgery
  • intraoperative ROSC
  • post-arrest care in the operating room
  • risk of recurrence
  • perioperative resuscitation

Vázquez-Reyes JM, Herrera-Elizalde RE. ¿Podemos seguir operando? Decisiones postparo en quirófano. Consideraciones clínicas para continuar contra suspender la cirugía tras un paro cardíaco en sala de operaciones. Rev Mex Anestesiol. 2026;49(Supl. 1):s98–s101.

A line of work on cardiac arrest in special circumstances.

REASEL and the Latin American Council for Resuscitation in Special Circumstances present this contribution within a collection devoted to perioperative cardiac arrest, team coordination and decisions after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). The official publisher source remains on Medigraphic.