A comparison of autopsy detected injuries in a porcine model of cardiac arrest treated with either manual or mechanical chest compressions
| Autor: | Theodoros Xanthos, Pavlos Lelovas, Theano Demestiha, Ismene Dontas, Hara Spiliopoulou, Nicoletta Iacovidou, Hara Roumelioti, Ioannis Pantazopoulos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Sternum Rib Fractures Thoracic Injuries Swine animal diseases medicine.medical_treatment Autopsy Heart Massage Risk Assessment Fractures Bone Random Allocation Internal medicine Medicine Animals Cardiopulmonary resuscitation business.industry Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Heart Arrest Disease Models Animal Anesthesia Ventricular fibrillation Emergency Medicine Cardiology business |
| Zdroj: | European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine. 18(2) |
| ISSN: | 1473-5695 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the complications of cardiopulmonary resuscitation after manual or mechanical chest compressions in a swine model of ventricular fibrillation. In this retrospective study, 106 swine were treated with either manual (n=53) or mechanical chest compressions with the LUCAS device (n=53). All swine cadavers underwent necropsy. The animals with no autopsy findings were significantly fewer in the LUCAS group (P=0.004). Sternal fractures were identified in 18 animals in the manual and only two in the LUCAS group (P=0.003). Rib fractures were present in 16 animals in the manual and only four in the LUCAS group (P=0.001). Nine animals in the manual, and two in the LUCAS group had liver hematomas (P=0.026%). In the manual group, eight animals were detected with spleen hematomas whereas no such injury was identified in the LUCAS group (P=0.003). LUCAS devise minimized the resuscitation-related trauma compared with manual chest compressions in a swine model of cardiac arrest. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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