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[New guidelines for basic and advanced resuscitation of adults and children]Kristian Lexow
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:282-4. 2002..Intubation of children is only recommended when performed by experienced personnel. The use of drugs is less recommended than previously; albumin is not recommended for the newly born...
Predicting outcome after cardiac arrest: two caveatsJo Kramer-Johansen
Resuscitation 66:108-9; author reply 109-10. 2005
Reconfirmation algorithms should be the standard of care in automated external defibrillatorsJo Kramer-Johansen
Resuscitation 70:474-5; author reply 475. 2006
Comparison of hands-off time during CPR with manual and semi-automatic defibrillation in a manikin modelMorten Pytte
Department of Anaesthesiology, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 73:131-6. 2007..We hypothesised that interruptions would be shorter when the defibrillator was operated in manual mode by trained and certified ambulance personnel...
Quality of mechanical, manual standard and active compression-decompression CPR on the arrest site and during transport in a manikin modelK Sunde
Ulleval University Hospital, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 34:235-42. 1997..In conclusion, when evaluated on a manikin, in comparison with manual standard and ACD-CPR, mechanical CPR adhered more closely to ERC guidelines. This was particularly true when performing CPR during transport on a stretcher...
Impact of a child first aid wall calendar on lay people's skills and knowledge of infant CPRK Sunde
Norwegian Air Ambulance, Department of Research and Education in Acute Medicine, Drøbak, Norway
Resuscitation 36:59-64. 1998..Mass mailing of CPR or other first aid material free-of-charge does not seem to further the goal of increasing the rate and proficiency of bystander interventions to save lives...
Effect of different compression--decompression cycles on haemodynamics during ACD-CPR in pigsK Sunde
Norwegian Air Ambulance, Department of Research and Education in Acute Medicine, Drøbak, Norway
Resuscitation 36:123-31. 1998....
Improved haemodynamics with increased compression-decompression rates during ACD-CPR in pigsK Sunde
Norwegian Air Ambulance, Department of Research and Education in Acute Medicine, Drøbak
Resuscitation 39:197-205. 1998..No significant differences in the expired CO2 levels were observed. In conclusion increasing the compression-decompression frequency from 60 to 90 and 120 min(-1) improved the haemodynamics during ACD-CPR in a pig model with VF...
Quality assessment of defribrillation and advanced life support using data from the medical control module of the defibrillatorK Sunde
Norwegian Air Ambulance, Department of Research and Education in Acute Medicine, Drøbak
Resuscitation 41:237-47. 1999..Thoracic impedance did not affect the shock efficacy. The method of analysing resuscitation we describe may be useful for quality improvement...
[Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest saves more lives!]Kjetil Sunde
Anestesiavdelingen, Kirurgisk divisjon, Ullevål universitetssykehus 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:925-6. 2004..In this paper the issue is discussed and the therapy recommended...
[Ambulance response intervals in connection with cardiac arrest in Oslo]K Sunde
Anestesiavdelingen, Kirurgisk divisjon Ullevål sykehus 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 121:900-3. 2001..An important factor determining survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is how fast the ambulance personnel can reach the patient...
Arterial blood-gases with 500- versus 1000-ml tidal volumes during out-of-hospital CPRA Langhelle
Institute for Experimental Medical Research and Norwegian Air Ambulance, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 45:27-33. 2000..In that situation the risk of gastric inflation, regurgitation and aspiration must also be taken into account...
Airway pressure with chest compressions versus Heimlich manoeuvre in recently dead adults with complete airway obstructionA Langhelle
Norwegian Air Ambulance, Department of Research and Education in Acute Medicine, Droebak, Norway
Resuscitation 44:105-8. 2000..Removal of the Heimlich manoeuvre from the resuscitation algorithm for unconscious patients with suspected airway obstruction will also simplify training...
In-hospital factors associated with improved outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A comparison between four regions in NorwayA Langhelle
Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, N 0407, Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 56:247-63. 2003..While pre-hospital factors related to outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are well known, little is known about possible in-hospitals factors related to outcome...
Misplaced and dislodged endotracheal tubes may be detected by the defibrillator during cardiopulmonary resuscitationM Pytte
Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 51:770-2. 2007..Continuous monitoring of transthoracic impedance provided by the defibrillator during cardiopulmonary resuscitation may contribute to the early detection of an initially misplaced or later dislodged endotracheal tube...
Shock outcome is related to prior rhythm and duration of ventricular fibrillationJoar Eilevstjønn
Laerdal Medical AS, P O Box 377, N 4002 Stavanger, Norway
Resuscitation 75:60-7. 2007..We also analysed how these factors relate to the VF analysis feature median slope...
Implementation of a standardised treatment protocol for post resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrestKjetil Sunde
Department of Anaesthesiology, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 73:29-39. 2007....
Is CPR quality improving? A retrospective study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrestTheresa M Olasveengen
Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, University of Oslo, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 75:260-6. 2007..To evaluate the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by a physician-manned ambulance, and assess whether it changed with time influenced by developing scientific evidence and guideline changes...
Haemodynamic effects of adrenaline (epinephrine) depend on chest compression quality during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsMorten Pytte
Department of Anaesthesiology, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 71:369-78. 2006..We have studied the haemodynamic effects of adrenaline during CPR with good laboratory quality and with quality simulating clinical findings and the feasibility of monitoring these effects through VF waveform analysis...
Prearrest administration of low-molecular-weight heparin in porcine cardiac arrest: hemodynamic effects and resuscitabilityMorten Pytte
Institute for Experimental Medical Research and Department of Anesthesiology, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Crit Care Med 36:881-6. 2008..We studied the hemodynamic effects of prearrest anticoagulation with a low-molecular-weight heparin suitable for clinical use during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigs...
Arterial blood gases during basic life support of human cardiac arrest victimsMorten Pytte
Institute for Experimental Medical Research and Department of Anaesthesiology, Ulleval University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 77:35-8. 2008..Ventilation with tidal volumes sufficient to raise the victim's chest is an integral part of guidelines for lay-rescuer basic life support, but optimal tidal volume, frequency and ratio to chest compressions are not known...
Quality of chest compressions during 10min of single-rescuer basic life support with different compression: ventilation ratios in a manikin modelConrad Arnfinn Bjørshol
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Division of Acute Care Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Resuscitation 77:95-100. 2008..As fatigue may reduce BLS performance over time we wanted to examine the quality of chest compressions in a single-rescuer scenario during prolonged BLS with different compression:ventilation ratios (C:V ratios)...
Effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on predictors of ventricular fibrillation defibrillation success during out-of-hospital cardiac arrestTrygve Eftestøl
Stavanger University College, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, PO Box 8002, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
Circulation 110:10-5. 2004..To examine whether CPR improves myocardial readiness for defibrillation, we analyzed whether CPR causes changes in predictors of defibrillation success calculated from the ventricular fibrillation waveform...
Inspiratory impedance threshold valve during CPRAudun Langhelle
Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 52:39-48. 2002..The valve is a promising new tool in CPR, but more independent studies of the device are needed...
Continuous mechanical chest compressions during cardiac arrest to facilitate restoration of coronary circulation with percutaneous coronary interventionHaakon Kiil Grogaard
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:1093-4. 2007
A failed attempt to improve quality of out-of-hospital CPR through performance evaluationTheresa Mariero Olasveengen
Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:427-33. 2007..Our hypothesis was that providing CPR performance evaluation (CPR-PE) to three ambulance services would facilitate local education and implementation of CPR guidelines and, consequently, improve CPR quality...
Predicting survival with good neurologic recovery at hospital admission after successful resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the OHCA scoreKjetil Sunde
Eur Heart J 28:773; author reply 773-4. 2007
Prediction of countershock success using single features from multiple ventricular fibrillation frequency bands and feature combinations using neural networksAndreas Neurauter
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 73:253-63. 2007..This may indicate that various simple VF features, such as median slope already reach the maximum prediction power extractable from VF ECG...
[Therapeutic hypothermia--pharmacology and pathophysiology]Trine Funder Pedersen
Det medisinske fakultet, Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Medpost 159, Olav Kyrres gate 3, 7006 Trondheim
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:163-6. 2007..This review focuses mainly on physiological and pharmacological aspects of therapeutic hypothermia...
Why Norwegian 2005 guidelines differs slightly from the ERC guidelinesKristian Lexow
Division of Acute Care Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Resuscitation 72:490-2. 2007
Determination of prognosis after cardiac arrest may be more difficult after introduction of therapeutic hypothermiaKjetil Sunde
Department of Anaesthesiology and Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Surgical Division, Ulleval University Hospital, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
Resuscitation 69:29-32. 2006..The previously reported 100% prognosis of a poor neurological outcome in the presence of seizures 72 h post arrest may need to be re-examined after introduction of therapeutic hypothermia...
Effects of interrupting precordial compressions on the calculated probability of defibrillation success during out-of-hospital cardiac arrestTrygve Eftestøl
Stavanger University College, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stavanger, Norway
Circulation 105:2270-3. 2002..We analyzed whether similar hands-off intervals in humans with ventricular fibrillation causes changes in the ECG predicting a lower probability of ROSC...
Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of hospital cardiac arrest: how to secure worldwide implementationEldar Søreide
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 21:209-15. 2008..Our review focuses on how generic knowledge on implementation may help speed up the transfer of therapeutic hypothermia into daily practice...
