Assisted ventilation does not improve outcome in a porcine model of single-rescuer bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitationR A Berg
Department of Pediatrics, Steele Memorial Children s Research Center, Tucson, Ariz, USA
Circulation 95:1635-41. 1997
..We evaluated the need for assisted ventilation during simulated single-rescuer bystander CPR in a swine model of prehospital cardiac arrest...
Cardiocerebral resuscitation improves neurologically intact survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrestMichael J Kellum
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mercy Health System, Janesville, WI, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:244-52. 2008
..The project was undertaken because the existing guidelines for care of such patients, despite their international scope and periodic updates, had not substantially improved survival rates for such patients during nearly 4 decades...
- Minimally interrupted cardiac resuscitation by emergency medical services for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Bentley J Bobrow
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
JAMA 299:1158-65. 2008
..Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health problem...
- Cardiac arrest--guideline changes urgently needed
Gordon A Ewy
Cardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Lancet 369:882-4. 2007
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Continuous cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during untreated ventricular fibrillation
Vincent L Sorrell
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Ariz 85724-5073, USA
Circulation 111:e294. 2005
- Alternative Approach to Improving Survival of Patients With Out-of-Hospital Primary Cardiac Arrest
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona Electronic address
J Am Coll Cardiol 61:113-8. 2013
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The Cardiocerebral Resuscitation protocol for treatment of out-of-hospital primary cardiac arrestGordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85704, USA
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 20:65. 2012
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- Advancing resuscitation science
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 18:221-7. 2012
..Thus, potentially life-saving procedures are often withheld for decades, resulting in unnecessary loss of life...
- Mild hypothermia delays the development of stone heart from untreated sustained ventricular fibrillation--a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
Vincent L Sorrell
Department of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 13:17. 2011
..Stone heart' resulting from ischemic contracture of the myocardium, precludes successful resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation (VF). We hypothesized that mild hypothermia might slow the progression to stone heart...
- Continued breathing followed by gasping or apnea in a swine model of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest
Mathias Zuercher
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 10:36. 2010
..Continued breathing following ventricular fibrillation has here-to-fore not been described...
- Recent advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: cardiocerebral resuscitation
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 53:149-57. 2009
..Endotracheal intubation is delayed, excessive ventilations are avoided, and early-administration epinephrine is advocated...
- Cardiocerebral resuscitation: a better approach to cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
Section of Cardiology, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 23:579-84. 2008
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- Cardiocerebral resuscitation: the new cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz 85724, USA
Circulation 111:2134-42. 2005
- Cardiology patient page. New concepts of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the lay public: continuous-chest-compression CPR
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Circulation 116:e566-8. 2007
- Improved neurological outcome with continuous chest compressions compared with 30:2 compressions-to-ventilations cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a realistic swine model of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson AZ 85724, USA
Circulation 116:2525-30. 2007
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- Cardiocerebral resuscitation: the optimal approach to cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Cleve Clin J Med 74:S105-9. 2007
- Cardiocerebral resuscitation for cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Ariz, USA
Am J Med 119:6-9. 2006
..There is also emphasis on chest compressions before defibrillation in circulatory phase of cardiac arrest. CCR was initiated in Tucson, Arizona, in November 2003, and in two rural Wisconsin counties in early 2004...
- Diastolic dysfunction
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N Campbell Avenue, Room 6404, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Insur Med 36:292-7. 2004
..Several drug treatments that have effects on the mechanism of diastolic dysfunction are under investigation...
- A new approach for out-of-hospital CPR: a bold step forward
Gordon A Ewy
The University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 58:271-2. 2003
- Adverse hemodynamic effects of interrupting chest compressions for rescue breathing during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest
R A Berg
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Steele Memorial Children s Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Circulation 104:2465-70. 2001
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- Simulated mouth-to-mouth ventilation and chest compressions (bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation) improves outcome in a swine model of prehospital pediatric asphyxial cardiac arrest
R A Berg
University of Arizona Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Crit Care Med 27:1893-9. 1999
..To compare the efficacy of four methods of simulated single-rescuer bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a clinically relevant swine model of prehospital pediatric asphyxial cardiac arrest...
- Assisted ventilation during 'bystander' CPR in a swine acute myocardial infarction model does not improve outcome
R A Berg
University of Arizona Heart Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA
Circulation 96:4364-71. 1997
..We evaluated the need for assisted ventilation during simulated single-rescuer bystander CPR in a swine myocardial infarction model of prehospital cardiac arrest...
- Postresuscitation left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Treatment with dobutamine
K B Kern
University Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Circulation 95:2610-3. 1997
..Treatment of such postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction has not been examined previously...
- Vasopressin versus epinephrine during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomized swine outcome study
S I Babar
Sarver Heart Center, The University of Arizona, Pediatrics 3302, Department of Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, AZ 85724 5073, USA
Resuscitation 41:185-92. 1999
..24. In conclusion, vasopressin administration during CPR improved coronary perfusion pressure, but did not result in statistically significant outcome improvement...
- Efficacy of chest compression-only BLS CPR in the presence of an occluded airway
K B Kern
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724 5037, USA
Resuscitation 39:179-88. 1998
..5 min of cardiac arrest. Such a strategy for the first minutes of cardiac arrest, particularly before professional help arrives, has several advantages including increased acceptability to the lay public...
- New insights into effective CPR: cardiocerebral resuscitation for primary cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Rev Cardiovasc Med 10:125-33. 2009
..Studies show marked improvement in prehospital cardiac arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation who subsequently received specialized postresuscitation care...
- Continuous chest compression resuscitation in arrested swine with upper airway inspiratory obstruction
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona College of Medicine s Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Resuscitation 81:585-90. 2010
..This study was designed to compare 24-h survival rates and neurological function of swine in cardiac arrest treated with one of three forms of simulated basic life support CPR...
- Rationale for continuous chest compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation
R Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Heart 95:1978-82. 2009
..This article provides rationale for continuous chest compression CPR by all bystanders...
- Myocardial perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): effects of 10, 25 and 50% coronary stenoses
K B Kern
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724, USA
Resuscitation 38:107-11. 1998
..Since the vast majority of cardiac arrest victims have coronary artery disease, careful attention to maximizing myocardial blood flow during CPR is needed...
- Effect of vasopressin on postresuscitation ventricular function: unknown consequences of the recent Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Karl B Kern
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Crit Care Med 32:S393-7. 2004
..Reversal of vasopressin's effect with a specific V-1 antagonist in the postresuscitation period did not improve survival...
- Precountershock cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves initial response to defibrillation from prolonged ventricular fibrillation: a randomized, controlled swine study
Robert A Berg
Steele Memorial Children s Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, 85724 5073, USA
Crit Care Med 32:1352-7. 2004
..To compare immediate countershocks (defibrillation 1st) with precountershock cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR 1st) for prolonged ventricular fibrillation (VF)...
- Ventricular fibrillation in a swine model of acute pediatric asphyxial cardiac arrest
R A Berg
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724 5073, USA
Resuscitation 33:147-53. 1996
..CONCLUSION: VF occurs frequently in this piglet model of prolonged asphyxial cardiac arrest, consistent with recent observations in pediatric prehospital cardiac arrests. VF occurred late in the asphyxial process...
- Automated external defibrillation versus manual defibrillation for prolonged ventricular fibrillation: lethal delays of chest compressions before and after countershocks
Robert A Berg
Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724 5073, USA
Ann Emerg Med 42:458-67. 2003
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- Optimizing ventilation in conjunction with phased chest and abdominal compression-decompression (Lifestick) resuscitation
Karl B Kern
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Resuscitation 52:91-100. 2002
..Optimal ventilation strategy when using the LS device at 60 compressions per min appears to be 5:1 S. Such data is important for conducting clinical trials with this new CPR adjunct...
- Importance of continuous chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: improved outcome during a simulated single lay-rescuer scenario
Karl B Kern
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Section of Cardiology, 85724, USA
Circulation 105:645-9. 2002
..Whether such hemodynamic compromise from pausing to ventilate is enough to affect outcome is unknown...
- Survival and neurologic outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation with four different chest compression-ventilation ratios
Arthur B Sanders
Sarver Heart Center, the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Ann Emerg Med 40:553-62. 2002
..We determine 24-hour survival and neurologic outcome, comparing 4 different chest compression-ventilation CPR ratios in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest and bystander CPR...
- Gasping during cardiac arrest in humans is frequent and associated with improved survival
Bentley J Bobrow
Department of Health Services, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Circulation 118:2550-4. 2008
..The incidence and significance of gasping after cardiac arrest in humans are controversial...
- Optimal dosing of dobutamine for treating post-resuscitation left ventricular dysfunction
Alejandro Vasquez
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 61:199-207. 2004
..05) at the highest dose (7.5 mcg/kgmin). CONCLUSIONS: Dobutamine at 5 mcg/kgmin appears optimal for restoring systolic and diastolic function post-resuscitation without adversely affecting myocardial oxygen consumption...
- Continuous passive oxygen insufflation results in a similar outcome to positive pressure ventilation in a swine model of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation
Melinda M Hayes
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 74:357-65. 2007
..The deleterious effects of positive pressure ventilation may be prevented by substituting passive oxygen insufflation during advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
- Interruptions of chest compressions during emergency medical systems resuscitation
Terence D Valenzuela
Emergency Medicine Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Circulation 112:1259-65. 2005
..Such interruptions could be a major contributing factor to the continued poor outcome seen with OOH cardiac arrest...
- Comparison of standard CPR versus diffuse and stacked hand position interposed abdominal compression-CPR in a swine model
Lyndon Xavier
Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 59:337-44. 2003
..There was a trend towards better outcomes with stacked hands IAC-CPR with 90 versus 70% survival with STD-CPR...
- An alternative approach to advancing resuscitation science
Karl B Kern
College of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 64:261-8. 2005
..A local change in our previous resuscitation protocols had been instituted based upon this historical database information...
- Epinephrine in resuscitation: curse or cure?
Robert R Attaran
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Future Cardiol 6:473-82. 2010
..More importantly, it is the quality of the basic life support, early and uninterrupted chest compressions, early defibrillation and postresuscitation care that will provide the best chance of neurologically intact survival...
- Post-resuscitation right ventricular dysfunction: delineation and treatment with dobutamine
Robyn J Meyer
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Resuscitation 55:187-91. 2002
..Dobutamine can ameliorate post-resuscitation right ventricular dysfunction...
- Treatment of post resuscitation myocardial dysfunction: aortic counterpulsation versus dobutamine
Heath Tennyson
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, The Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 95724, USA
Resuscitation 54:69-75. 2002
..The hypothesized advantage of IABP for treatment of post resuscitation myocardial stunning without excessively raising the heart rate like dobutamine was not realized...
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging investigation of sustained ventricular fibrillation in a swine model--with a focus on the electrical phase
Vincent L Sorrell
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 5073, United States
Resuscitation 73:279-86. 2007
..We also present details of our CPR research imaging program to facilitate this avenue of clinically important research...
- Cardiocerebral resuscitation
Gordon A Ewy
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA
EMS Mag 37:41-2, 44, 46 passim. 2008
..And EMS systems can realize these improvements without having to buy a single new gadget or device...
- Single-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 'two quick breaths'--an oxymoron
Joseph W Heidenreich
University of Arizona College of Medicine, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 62:283-9. 2004
..New recommendations for single-rescuer CPR should be considered that emphasize uninterrupted chest compressions...
- Eighth grade students become proficient at CPR and use of an AED following a condensed training programme
James Kelley
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Resuscitation 71:229-36. 2006
..This is the first study to document the ability of middle school students to learn and retain CCC-CPR and AED skills for adult sudden cardiac arrest victims with such a curriculum...
- Single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation: can anyone perform to the guidelines 2000 recommendations?
Travis A Higdon
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Resuscitation 71:34-9. 2006
..We hypothesized that trained professional rescuers would also take substantially longer then the Guidelines recommendation for delivering the two rescue breaths before every 15 compressions during simulated single rescuer BLS CPR...
- Prognostic significance of spouse we talk in couples coping with heart failure
Michael J Rohrbaugh
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:781-9. 2008
..The results highlight the utility of automatic text analysis in couple-interaction research and provide further evidence that looking beyond the patient can improve prediction of health outcomes...
- Uninterrupted chest compression CPR is easier to perform and remember than standard CPR
Joseph W Heidenreich
Sarver Heart Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, 451 W Yucca Ct, 214, Tucson, AZ 85704, USA
Resuscitation 63:123-30. 2004
..It delivers substantially more compressions per minute and may be easier to remember and perform than standard CPR...
- Magnetic resonance imaging during untreated ventricular fibrillation reveals prompt right ventricular overdistention without left ventricular volume loss
Robert A Berg
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Steele Memorial Children s Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Tucson, AZ 85724 5073, USA
Circulation 111:1136-40. 2005
..Therefore, inadequate left ventricular stroke volume after defibrillation from prolonged VF has been postulated as a major contributor to the development of pulseless rhythms...
- The Save Hearts in Arizona Registry and Education (SHARE) program: who is performing CPR and where are they doing it?
Tyler Vadeboncoeur
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Resuscitation 75:68-75. 2007
..Accordingly, layperson CPR is an integral component in the chain of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims. The near statewide incidence and location of layperson CPR is unknown...
- Effects of intravenous arginine vasopressin on epicardial coronary artery cross sectional area in a swine resuscitation model
Volker Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 64:219-26. 2005
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- Cardiac resuscitation--when is enough enough?
Gordon A Ewy
N Engl J Med 355:510-2. 2006
- Cardiocerebral resuscitation should replace cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
Curr Opin Crit Care 12:189-92. 2006
- Cardiocerebral resuscitation improves survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Michael J Kellum
Mercy Health System, Janesville, Wis, USA
Am J Med 119:335-40. 2006
..001). CONCLUSION: Instituting the new cardiocerebral resuscitation protocol for managing prehospital cardiac arrest improved survival of adult patients with witnessed cardiac arrest and an initially shockable rhythm...
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the real world: when will the guidelines get the message?
Arthur B Sanders
JAMA 293:363-5. 2005
- Diabetes and sleep disturbances: findings from the Sleep Heart Health Study
Helaine E Resnick
MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, Maryland 20783, USA
Diabetes Care 26:702-9. 2003
..To test the hypothesis that diabetes is independently associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), and in particular that diabetes is associated with sleep abnormalities of a central, rather than obstructive, nature...
- ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Arte
Kim A Eagle
J Am Coll Cardiol 44:e213-310. 2004
- Rescuer fatigue: standard versus continuous chest-compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Joseph W Heidenreich
Department of Emergency Medicine, Scott and White Hospital, 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1020-6. 2006
..The specific aim of this study was to compare the effects of fatigue on the performance of CCC-CPR and STD-CPR on a manikin model...
- ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft S
Kim A Eagle
Circulation 110:e340-437. 2004
- Continuous-chest-compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
Circulation 116:2894-6. 2007
