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Edited by Norman A. Paradis, Henry R. Halperin, and Richard M. Nowak. 981 pp., illustrated. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1996. $139. ISBN 0-683-06765-6.

The aims of Cardiac Arrest: The Science and Practice of Resuscitation Medicine are to delineate the state of the art in the treatment of cardiopulmonary arrest, to complement the basic and advanced cardiac life-support guidelines of the American Heart Association, and to analyze critically material not readily available elsewhere. This unique and definitive textbook for clinicians largely succeeds in reaching these goals.

The book is divided into seven sections: an introduction, "Basic Science," "The Pathophysiology of Global Ischemia and Reperfusion," "Therapy of Sudden Death," "Special Circumstances," "Postresuscitation Disease," and "The Future." The qualifications of the 96 contributors, who include virtually . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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