@article{ref1,
title="Survival from cardiac arrest due to sushi suffocation",
journal="World journal of emergency medicine",
year="2014",
author="Hifumi, Toru and Kiriu, Nobuaki and Kato, Hiroshi and Koido, Yuichi and Kuroda, Yasuhiro",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="154-156",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Sushi suffocation is relatively uncommon, and it is an unignorable cause of sudden death; however, no reports on sushi suffocation have been published. <br><br>METHODS: A 60-year-old man was referred to our hospital for post resuscitative intensive care. He had choked on sushi and collapsed in the dining room of a mental hospital. A nursing assistant summoned a physician who attempted to extract the sushi. External cardiac massage was initiated after 7 minutes had elapsed and followed by endotracheal intubation. Return of spontaneous circulation was achieved after 7 minutes of resuscitation. A bronchoscopy demonstrated a large amount of shari in the trachea and right bronchus, which was removed with alligator forceps and a wire basket. <br><br>RESULTS: Neurological recovery was evident on day 2 of admission. He was transferred back to the mental hospital with no neurological complications. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Emergency physicians should consider sushi suffocation, including its clinical features and management.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1920-8642",
doi="10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2014.02.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2014.02.015"
}