No difference in autopsy detected injuries in cardiac arrest patients treated with manual chest compressions compared with mechanical compressions with the LUCAS™ device-A pilot study

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1104-1107

  Smekal, David ^a   Johansson, Jakob ^a,b   Huzevka, Tibor ^a   Rubertsson, Sten ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active compression decompression (ACD); Autopsy; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Injury; LUCAS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL CHEST COMPRESSION; MECHANICAL CHEST COMPRESSION; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; STERNUM FRACTURE; SWEDEN;

EID: 70149091252     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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