Hur M, et al. – Researchers undertook this analysis to determine the incidence and characteristics of 3–month mortality after intraoperative cardiac arrest (IOCA). As per findings, the reported incidence of IOCA was 21/100,000 surgeries and the 3–month mortality rate after IOCA was 62%. The factors that seemed to confer risk for 3–month mortality post– IOCA were: surgical emergency, non–shockable initial cardiac rhythm, pre–operative complications, surgical complications, long duration of cardiac compressions, high total epinephrine dose, transfusion, and continuous infusion of inotropes or vasopressors in intensive care unit (ICU). These risk factors should be considered in the light of relatively small sample size of this study.