What Is the Optimal Chest Compression Depth During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation of Adult Patients?
Author(s) -
Ian G. Stiell,
Siobhan P. Brown,
Graham Nichol,
Sheldon Cheskes,
Christian Vaillancourt,
Clifton W. Callaway,
Laurie J. Morrison,
James Christenson,
Tom P. Aufderheide,
Daniel P. Davis,
Cliff Free,
David Hostler,
John Stouffer,
Ahamed H. Idris
Publication year - 2014
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.114.008671
Subject(s) - medicine , return of spontaneous circulation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , resuscitation , odds ratio , confidence interval , cardiology , hospital discharge , anesthesia
The 2010 American Heart Association guidelines suggested an increase in cardiopulmonary resuscitation compression depth with a target >50 mm and no upper limit. This target is based on limited evidence, and we sought to determine the optimal compression depth range.
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