cardiac arrest

sudden stop in effective blood flow due to the failure of the heart to contract effectively
MedicalCondition thoracic_disease Q202837
cardiac arrest
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Cardiac arrest is a medical condition characterized by the sudden cessation of heart function [1]. It is classified as a thoracic disease [1]. The condition results in the immediate loss of blood flow to the body and requires urgent intervention to restore cardiac activity [1].

cardiac arrest

Summary

cardiac arrest is a thoracic disease[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of thoracic_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,266 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cardiac arrest's instance of is recorded as thoracic disease[3].
  • cardiac arrest's instance of is recorded as cause of death[4].
  • cardiac arrest's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • cardiac arrest is a type of congestive heart failure[6].
  • cardiac arrest is a type of disease[7].
  • cardiac arrest's Commons category is recorded as Cardiac arrest[8].
  • cardiac arrest's symptoms and signs is recorded as heart failure[9].
  • cardiac arrest's symptoms and signs is recorded as unconsciousness[10].
  • cardiac arrest's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 427.5[11].
  • cardiac arrest's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C50479[12].
  • cardiac arrest's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C50483[13].
  • cardiac arrest's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C50911[14].
  • cardiac arrest's different from is recorded as myocardial infarction[15].
  • cardiac arrest's health specialty is recorded as cardiology[16].
  • cardiac arrest's health specialty is recorded as emergency medicine[17].
  • cardiac arrest's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as sodium bicarbonate[18].
  • cardiac arrest's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as calcium chloride[19].
  • cardiac arrest's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as calcium gluceptate[20].
  • cardiac arrest's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as atropine[21].
  • cardiac arrest's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as epinephrine[22].
  • cardiac arrest's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as calcium gluconate[23].
  • cardiac arrest's first aid measures is recorded as cardiopulmonary resuscitation[24].
  • cardiac arrest's genetic association is recorded as AKAP10[25].
  • cardiac arrest's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0060319[26].
  • cardiac arrest's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0060319[27].

Why It Matters

cardiac arrest ranks in the top 4% of thoracic_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,266 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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