Introduction: Cardiac arrest followed by resuscitation and recovery of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) produces systemic ischemia reperfusion (I/R), affecting all internal organs, including the kidney. This type of stress ...

Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States and Western Europe. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the only means of sustaining the victim until application of defibrillatory countershocks. Although ...