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- Title
Continuous chest compressions improve survival and neurologic outcome in a swine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation.
- Authors
Xanthos, Theodoros; Karatzas, Theodoros; Stroumpoulis, Konstantinos; Lelovas, Pavlos; Simitsis, Panagiotis; Vlachos, Ioannis; Kouraklis, Grigorios; Kouskouni, Evangelia; Dontas, Ismene
- Abstract
Evidence suggests that any interruptions, including those of rescue breaths, during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have significant, detrimental effects on survival. The 2010 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation guidelines strongly emphasized on the importance of minimizing interruptions during chest compressions. However, those guidelines also stress the need for ventilations in the case of prolonged cardiac arrest (CA), and it is not at present clear at which point of CA the necessity of providing ventilations overcomes the hemodynamic compromise caused by chest compressions' interruption.
- Publication
The American journal of emergency medicine, 2012, Vol 30, Issue 8, p1389
- ISSN
1532-8171
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.ajem.2011.10.008