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Rehabilitacion (Madr)
; 53(2): 111-115, 2019.
Artigo
em Espanhol
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31186092
RESUMO
Sudden death in young people while performing intense physical activity has a very low prevalence but a significant burden in terms of loss of years of life in society and a strong social impact. We present the case of a 19-year-old man who had a cardiac arrest while playing a football match, with prolonged resuscitation, and multiple subsequent complications (acute renal failure, coagulopathy, digestive bleeding, ischaemic colitis, and need for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement and hemicolectomy). The onset of intensive early rehabilitation in a specialised centre minimised the sequels, improving the Rankin score from 4 to 2 and Barthel index from 0 to 95 points, allowing the patient to lead an almost autonomous life.