Hemodynamic effects of active compression-decompression after prolonged CPR

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 243 - 253
• Main Authors: Malzer, R, Zeiner, A, Binder, M, Domanovits, H, Knappitsch, G, Sterz, F, Laggner, A N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland 01.06.1996
• Subjects: Aged; Blood Circulation; Blood Pressure; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - instrumentation; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - methods; Central Venous Pressure; Coronary Circulation; Drug Administration Schedule; Electrocardiography; Epinephrine - administration & dosage; Epinephrine - therapeutic use; Female; Heart Arrest - therapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic; Oxygen - blood; Pressure; Prospective Studies; Tidal Volume

This study was designed to test the effects of active compression-decompression (ACD) versus standard (STD) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on hemodynamics after prolonged cardiac arrest (CA). After nontraumatic prehospital CA, 21 patients were resuscitated in a prospective nonblinded setting se...