Resuscitation
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Post-resuscitation syndrome has been recognized as one of the major causes of the poor outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The aims of this study were to investigate the intestinal microcirculatory changes following cardiopulmonary resuscitation and relate those changes to sublingual microcirculation and the severity of post-resuscitation syndrome as measured by myocardial function and serum inflammatory cytokine levels. ⋯ The severity of post-resuscitation intestinal microcirculatory dysfunction is closely correlated with that of myocardial function and inflammatory cytokine levels. The measurement of sublingual microcirculation reflects changes of intestinal microcirculation and may therefore provide a new option for post-resuscitation monitoring.