Abstract
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines assume that cardiac arrest victims can be treated with a uniform chest compression (CC) depth and a standardized interval administration of vasopressor drugs. This non-personalized approach does not incorporate a patient's individualized response into ongoing resuscitative efforts. In previously reported porcine models of hypoxic and normoxic ventricular fibrillation (VF), a hemodynamic-directed resuscitation improved short-term survival compared to current practice guidelines. Skilled in-hospital rescuers should be trained to tailor resuscitation efforts to the individual patient's physiology. Such a strategy would be a major paradigm shift in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest victims.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 983-986 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Resuscitation |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2014 |
Keywords
- Arterial blood pressure
- Cardiac arrest
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation