Partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the fieldMax Harry Weil
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Crit Care 12:90. 2008
..They conclude that below-threshold levels of 14 mmHg (1.5 kPa) measured after 20 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation reliably predict that spontaneous circulation cannot be restored...
- Challenging the rationale of routine vasopressor therapy for management of hypotension
Max Harry Weil
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Crit Care 13:179. 2009
..Especially in settings of septic shock, the current routine administration of adrenergic vasopressor therapy therefore may fail to reverse the primary defect...
- From intensive care to critical care medicine: a historical perspective
Max Harry Weil
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:1451-3. 2011
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- Intra-arrest rapid head cooling improves postresuscitation myocardial function in comparison with delayed postresuscitation surface cooling
Min Shan Tsai
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S434-9. 2008
..To compare resuscitation outcomes and myocardial function among intra-arrest head cooling, delayed surface cooling, and uncooled controls...
- Pharmacologically induced hypothermia with cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55, 212-2 after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Shijie Sun
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:2282-6. 2010
..To investigate whether hypothermia could be induced pharmacologically after resuscitation with the cannabinoid CB1/CB2 receptor agonist in a rat model and its effects on outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Preserved heart rate variability during therapeutic hypothermia correlated to 96 hrs neurological outcomes and survival in a pig model of cardiac arrest
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 40:580-6. 2012
..In the current study, we investigated the effect of rapid head cooling on 96-hr neurologic outcomes and survival by heart rate variability analysis in a pig model of prolonged cardiac arrest...
- The effects of epinephrine on outcomes of normothermic and therapeutic hypothermic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Shijie Sun
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:2175-80. 2010
..To investigate the effects of epinephrine when administered during either normothermic or therapeutic hypothermic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on postresuscitation myocardial and cerebral function and survival...
- Survival and neurological outcomes after nasopharyngeal cooling or peripheral vein cold saline infusion initiated during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Tao Yu
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:916-21. 2010
..We hypothesized that nasopharyngeal cooling initiated during cardiopulmonary resuscitation would yield better resuscitation outcome when compared with cold saline infusion...
- A comparison between head cooling begun during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and surface cooling after resuscitation in a pig model of cardiac arrest
Jun Guan
Well Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S428-33. 2008
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- Transthoracic application of electrical cardiopulmonary resuscitation for treatment of cardiac arrest
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S458-66. 2008
..This study examined electrical cardiopulmonary resuscitation for coronary perfusion pressures during ventricular fibrillation in a porcine model of cardiac arrest...
- Intravenous infusion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improves brain function after resuscitation from cardiac arrest
Tong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S486-91. 2008
..Coincidental evidence of improved brain function prompted the present study...
- The amplitude spectrum area correctly predicts improved resuscitation and facilitated defibrillation with head cooling
Min Shan Tsai
Well Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S413-7. 2008
..We hypothesized that rapid head cooling initiated coincident with cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves amplitude spectrum area, and therefore is predictive of successful defibrillation...
- Miniaturized mechanical chest compressor: a new option for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 76:191-7. 2008
..We hypothesized that the 2 kg, low profile, portable device will be as effective as the standard pneumatic Thumper for restoring circulation during CPR...
- Exclusion of a patient assessment interval and extension of the CPR interval both mitigate post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction in a swine model of cardiac arrest
Yun Te Chang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 1761, USA
Resuscitation 76:285-90. 2008
..Interruptions of CPR may be reduced by eliminating repetition of shocks between periods of CPR, elimination of the interval for patient assessment before CPR, and extension of the periods of CPR...
- A comparison of defibrillation efficacy between different impedance compensation techniques in high impedance porcine model
Yongqin Li
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 80:1312-7. 2009
..The first defibrillator (A) compensates high impedance by controlling current with fixed shock duration, while the second defibrillator (B) by prolonging the shock duration...
- Defibrillation delivered during the upstroke phase of manual chest compression improves shock success
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:910-5. 2010
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- Minimal interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a single shock as mandated by automated external defibrillations does not compromise outcomes in a porcine model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:3048-53. 2008
..We hypothesized that an 8-sec interruption of chest compressions for a single shock, as mandated by automated external defibrillations, would not impair initial resuscitation and outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Comparison of efficacy of pulsed biphasic waveform and rectilinear biphasic waveform in a short ventricular fibrillation pig model
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 80:1047-51. 2009
..In this study, we compared pulsed biphasic waveform (PBW) with rectilinear biphasic waveform (RBW) and their effects on terminating ventricular fibrillation (VF)...
- Cerebral cortical microvascular flow during and following cardiopulmonary resuscitation after short duration of cardiac arrest
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 77:229-34. 2008
..To examine changes in cerebral cortical macro- and microcirculation and their relationship to the severity of brain ischaemia during and following resuscitation from a short duration of cardiac arrest...
- The quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation overrides importance of timing of defibrillation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Chest 132:70-5. 2007
..We address the quality of chest compressions and the impact on initial defibrillation or initial chest compressions after sudden death...
- A comparison of electrically induced cardiac arrest with cardiac arrest produced by coronary occlusion
Jinglan Wang
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 72:477-83. 2007
..Accordingly, a potentially more clinically relevant model was investigated in which spontaneous VF followed acute myocardial ischemia...
- The optimal phasic relationship between synchronized shock and mechanical chest compressions
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resuscitation 81:724-9. 2010
..We therefore undertook a study to assess the effects of timing of defibrillation in the mechanical chest compression cycle on the defibrillation threshold (DFT) using a porcine model of cardiac arrest...
- Intra-arrest selective brain cooling improves success of resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resuscitation 81:617-21. 2010
..Our hypothesis was that rapid nasal cooling initiated during "low-flow" improves return of spontaneous resuscitation (ROSC)...
- Microcirculation during cardiac arrest and resuscitation
Michael Fries
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S454-7. 2006
..Administration of epinephrine dramatically decreased microcirculatory blood flow...
- Levosimendan improves postresuscitation outcomes in a rat model of CPR
Lei Huang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Lab Clin Med 146:256-61. 2005
..Levosimendan and dobutamine both improved postresuscitation myocardial function. However, levosimendan produced more favorable postresuscitation myocardial function and increased the duration of postresuscitation survival...
- The cerebral microcirculation is protected during experimental hemorrhagic shock
Zhi Wan
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:928-32. 2010
..We propose to relate changes in the macrocirculation to the buccal and cerebral microcirculations during hemorrhage and after fluid resuscitation...
- Apoptosis is not involved in the mechanism of myocardial dysfunction after resuscitation in a rat model of cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Fengqing Song
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:1329-34. 2010
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- Epinephrine reduces cerebral perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:1408-15. 2009
..On the basis of coincidental observations on changes in microvascular flow in the cerebral cortex, we hypothesized that epinephrine selectively decreases microvascular flow...
- Microvascular blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is predictive of outcome
Michael Fries
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 71:248-53. 2006
..82, p<0.01). Microvascular blood flow in the sublingual mucosa is therefore closely related to coronary perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and both are predictive of outcome...
- The characteristics of postcountershock pulseless electrical activity may indicate the outcome of CPR
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resuscitation 69:303-9. 2006
..Fisher's discriminant analysis is helpful in predicting the likelihood of ROSC for an individual animal presenting with postcountershock PEA...
- One-shock versus three-shock defibrillation protocol significantly improves outcome in a porcine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest
Wanchun Tang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35 100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, California 92270, USA
Circulation 113:2683-9. 2006
..The success of resuscitation with a 1-shock versus the conventional 3-shock defibrillation protocol was investigated subject to the range of treatment variation imposed by automated external defibrillators (AEDs)...
- Hypothermia improves ventricular myocyte contractility under conditions of normal perfusion and after an interval of ischemia
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 81:898-903. 2010
..The effects of hypothermia on myocyte contractility were investigated under conditions of normal perfusion and after a 10min interval of ischemia...
- Effects of biphasic waveforms on outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Yun-Te Chang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:3024-8. 2006
..Dual-path sequential defibrillation had less postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction than rectilinear biphasic and dual-path simultaneous defibrillation, but at 72 hrs these differences were no longer significant...
- Buccal capnometry for quantitating the severity of hemorrhagic shock
Gianluca A A M Cammarata
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Shock 31:207-11. 2009
..This measurement is therefore likely to serve as a useful guide for the immediate management of hemorrhagic shock...
- Outcomes of CPR in the presence of partial occlusion of left anterior descending coronary artery
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States
Resuscitation 75:357-65. 2007
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- Comparison of buccal microcirculation between septic and hemorrhagic shock
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S447-53. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Impaired microcirculatory alteration in septic shock is more severe than hemorrhagic shock; microcirculation is relatively independent of improved systemic hemodynamics, in contrast to those in hemorrhagic shock...
- Effects of epinephrine and vasopressin on cerebral microcirculatory flows during and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:2145-9. 2007
..Accordingly, we compared the effects of nonadrenergic vasopressin with those of epinephrine on cerebral cortical microvascular flow together with cortical tissue Po2 and Pco2 as indicators of cortical tissue ischemia...
- Electrocardiogram waveforms for monitoring effectiveness of chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:211-5. 2008
..We therefore sought a readily available option for monitoring the effectiveness of chest compressions, specifically using the electrocardiogram...
- Comparison of rectilinear biphasic waveform with biphasic truncated exponential waveform in a pediatric defibrillation model
Jinglan Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:1961-5. 2007
..To compare the rectilinear biphasic waveform with a biphasic truncated exponential waveform for pediatric defibrillation...
- Postresuscitation myocardial diastolic dysfunction following prolonged ventricular fibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Tingyan Xu
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:188-92. 2008
..We therefore investigated the postresuscitation left ventricular diastolic function following prolonged cardiac arrest and subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Early selective trans-nasal cooling during CPR improves success of resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged pulseless electrical activity cardiac arrest
Jun Hwi Cho
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 82:1071-5. 2011
..In the present study, we investigated trans-nasal cooling in settings of pulseless electrical activity (PEA). We hypothesized that early trans-nasal cooling during CPR improves outcomes when cardiac arrest is associated with PEA...
- Spontaneous gasping produces carotid blood flow during untreated cardiac arrest
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States
Resuscitation 75:366-71. 2007
..In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that gasps also increase carotid blood flow (CBF) during untreated cardiac arrest...
- The resuscitation blanket: a useful tool for "hands-on" defibrillation
Tao Yu
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 81:230-5. 2010
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- Role of buccal PCO2 in the management of fluid resuscitation during hemorrhagic shock
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S442-6. 2006
..Buccal PCO2 measurement therefore emerges as a useful predictor for survival and outcome and a useful guide to manage fluid resuscitation during hemorrhagic shock...
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a rat model of chronic myocardial ischemia
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Appl Physiol 101:1091-6. 2006
..This model would suggest further clinically relevant investigation on cardiac arrest and CPR...
- Effect of therapeutic hypothermia vs ?-opioid receptor agonist on post resuscitation myocardial function in a rat model of CPR
Sung Phil Chung
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States
Resuscitation 82:350-4. 2011
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- Free radicals mediate postshock contractile impairment in cardiomyocytes
Min Shan Tsai
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:3213-9. 2008
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- Mechanism by which activation of delta-opioid receptor reduces the severity of postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:2607-12. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: The postresuscitation myocardial protective effects provided by activation of delta-opioid receptor may be mediated via opening KATP channels...
- Mesenchymal stem cells improve outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in myocardial infarcted rats
Tong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Mol Cell Cardiol 46:378-84. 2009
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- The potential mechanisms of reduced incidence of ventricular fibrillation as the presenting rhythm in sudden cardiac arrest
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:26-31. 2009
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- High-energy defibrillation impairs myocyte contractility and intracellular calcium dynamics
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S422-7. 2008
..We hypothesized that increasing the defibrillation energy would produce correspondent reduction in myocyte contractility and intracellular Ca2+ dynamics...
- Opioid receptor agonist reduces myocardial ischemic injury when administered during early phase of myocardial ischemia
Yi Shan
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 81:761-5. 2010
..We proposed to investigate the separate effects of ischemia and reperfusion injury on postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction...
- Preserved cerebral microcirculation during cardiogenic shock
Zhi Wan
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2333-7. 2009
..Decreases in buccal microcirculatory flow are closely associated with the severity and outcomes of circulatory shock...
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: from the beginning to the present day
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Crit Care Clin 25:133-51, ix. 2009
..This article summarizes the major events that encompass the history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, beginning with ancient history and evolving into the current American Heart Association's commitment to save hearts...
- Improved outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in rats with myocardial infarction treated with allogenic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
Tong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:833-9. 2009
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- Simultaneous blockade of alpha1- and beta-actions of epinephrine during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Lei Huang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S483-5. 2006
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- Myocardial performance index following electrically induced or ischemically induced cardiac arrest
Tingyan Xu
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 76:103-7. 2008
..We sought to investigate the echocardiographic myocardial performance index (MPI) to assess post-resuscitation myocardial function following electrically and ischemically induced ventricular fibrillation (VF)...
- An algorithm used for ventricular fibrillation detection without interrupting chest compression
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 59:78-86. 2012
..Even though there was a modest decrease in specificity and accuracy when chest compression artifact was present, the performance of this method was still superior to other reported methods for VF detection during uninterrupted CPR...
- Comparison of the durations of mild therapeutic hypothermia on outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the rat
Sen Ye
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Circulation 125:123-9. 2012
..The present study investigated whether a shorter duration of therapeutic hypothermia induced quickly and early after resuscitation would provide an equal improvement in the outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Increases in tissue Pco2 during circulatory shock reflect selective decreases in capillary blood flow
Michael Fries
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:446-52. 2006
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- Individual effect of components of defibrillation waveform on the contractile function and intracellular calcium dynamics of cardiomyocytes
Min Shan Tsai
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2394-401. 2009
..We hypothesized that peak current may play a more important role than energy in determining postshock dysfunction. Prolongation of the duration may reduce contractile impairment...
- Intravenous infusion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improves myocardial function in a rat model of myocardial ischemia
Tong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:2587-93. 2007
..We investigated the effects of three different sites for delivery of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a rat model of myocardial ischemia...
- Delayed high-quality CPR does not improve outcomes
Fengqing Song
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 82:S52-5. 2011
..Our objective was to compare outcomes following either immediate low-quality (LQ) CPR or delayed high-quality (HQ) CPR. We hypothesized that delayed HQ CPR will improve the outcomes of CPR in comparison to immediately performing LQ CPR...
- delta-Opioid-induced pharmacologic myocardial hibernation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S486-9. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: delta-Opioid-induced pharmacologic myocardial hibernation is an option to minimize the myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Levosimendan improves postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction after beta-adrenergic blockade
Jinglan Wang
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Lab Clin Med 146:179-83. 2005
..When levosimendan was added, postresuscitation myocardial contractile function was improved even more...
- In-hospital cardiac arrest
Max Harry Weil
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 33:2825-30. 2005
..Outcomes are therefore improved in critical care settings and especially in coronary care units in which patients are continuously monitored...
- Increases in both buccal and sublingual partial pressure of carbon dioxide reflect decreases of tissue blood flows in a porcine model during hemorrhagic shock
Tommaso Pellis
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
J Trauma 58:817-24. 2005
..CONCLUSION: The current study extends the rationale for noninvasive measurements to both buccal and sublingual mucosa for diagnosis and quantitation of hemorrhagic shock severity...
- Eighth Wolf Creek Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: addressing the scientific basis of reanimation. Preface
Wanchun Tang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S421-2. 2006
- New cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines 2005: importance of uninterrupted chest compression
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Crit Care Clin 22:531-8, x. 2006
..The new guidelines refocus on uninterrupted chest compression after cardiac arrest of nonasphyxial cause and modifications in practices that reduce the need for interruptions...
- Automated detection of ventricular fibrillation to guide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California 92270, USA
Crit Pathw Cardiol 6:131-4. 2007
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- Identifying potentially shockable rhythms without interrupting cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:198-203. 2008
..Interruption of chest compressions reduces likelihood of successful resuscitation by as much as 50%. We sought a method to identify a shockable rhythm without interrupting chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
