Survival Is Similar After Standard Treatment and Chest Compression Only in Out-of-Hospital Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Author(s) -
Katarina Bohm,
Mårten Rosenqvist,
Johan Herlitz,
Jacob Hollenberg,
Leif Svensson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.710194
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , ventilation (architecture) , survival rate , resuscitation , cardiology , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
We sought to compare the 1-month survival rates among patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who had been given bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in relation to whether they had received standard CPR with chest compression plus mouth-to-mouth ventilation or chest compression only.
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