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Recent Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Author(s) -
LURIE KEITH G.,
UNDNER KARL H.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00827.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , clinical trial , resuscitation , anesthesia
Recent Advances in CPR. Mechanical and pharmacologic measures intended to increase blood now to vital organs are the mainstay of therapy for patients in cardiac arrest. Several new cardiopilmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques as well as novel devices and pharmacologic agents have been developed and tested since the first report of manual closed chested CPR over three decades ago. These recent mechanical and pharmacologic advances in the treatment of cardiac arrest are described. Some of these new techniques, devices, and drug therapies are presently undergoing clinical evaluation in patients in cardiac arrest. While many of these new methods and techniques have shown promise in small clinical trials in humans, none have yet lo be found to be conclusively superior to manual closed chested CPR and treatment with standard pharmacologic agents.