A comparison of autopsy detected injuries in a porcine model of cardiac arrest treated with either manual or mechanical chest compressions

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-110

  Xanthos, Theodoros ^a   Pantazopoulos, Ioannis ^b   Roumelioti, Hara ^a   Lelovas, Pavlos ^a   Iacovidou, Nicoletta ^a   Dontas, Ismene ^a   Demestiha, Theano ^a   Spiliopoulou, Hara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

hematomas; LUCAS; manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation; rib fractures; sternal fractures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; LIVER HEMATOMA; MANUAL CHEST COMPRESSION; MECHANICAL CHEST COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; STERNUM; SWINE; TRACHEA INJURY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RIB FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNUM; SWINE; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 79953096390     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833e79cf     Document Type: Article

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