Comparison of Heart Proportions Compressed by Chest Compressions Between Geriatric and Nongeriatric Patients Using Mathematical Methods and Chest Computed Tomography: A Retrospective Study

• Published in: Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 130 - 136
• Main Authors: Yoo, Kyung Hun, Oh, Jaehoon, Lee, Heekyung, Lee, Juncheol, Kang, Hyunggoo, Lim, Tae Ho, Song, Soon Young, Kim, Solji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Geriatrics Society 01.09.2018; Korea Geriatrics Society; 대한노인병학회
• Subjects: Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Elderly; Geriatrics; Original; 가정의학; Chest compression; Basic life support; Elderly; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Geriatrics

Current guidelines recommended that chest compression depths during car-diopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be at least one-fifth of the external chest ante-riorposterior (AP) diameter. The chest AP diameter increases because of dorsal kyphosis, senile emphysema, and poor lung compliance associa...