This study of 110 patients (aged 65 and older) indicates that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is as feasible in the patient with pulmonary disease as it is in the patient with cardiac disease. This applies particularly to the elderly.
Early recognition of pulmonary insufficiency in elderly patients may be delayed because of concomitant multiple disease. Yet treatment must be started promptly and intensively if resuscitation is to be successful. Those who treat these patients must have wide experience with respiratory disease and must be intelligent, alert and constant in their attendance. This phase of medical care is truly a team effort.
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