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Can Bleeding From Mouth Happen In Case Of Cardiac Arrest?
my mother died in 2010. When I found her she had been dead for more than 24 hours. there was blood coming from her mouth. i was told she died from cardiac arrest, however no autopsy was preformed. Why was she bleeding from her mouth if it was cardiac arrest?
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
yes bleeding can occur due to truama to mouth structures during passe of endotrcheal tube...and bleeding can also occur if she had frank pulmonary edema( rupture of smalll blood vessels in the lungs due to accumulation of fluid in lung
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