The New England journal of medicine
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N. Engl. J. Med.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A preliminary study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by circumferential compression of the chest with use of a pneumatic vest.
More than 300,000 people die each year of cardiac arrest. Studies have shown that raising vascular pressures during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can improve survival and that vascular pressures can be raised by increasing intrathoracic pressure. ⋯ In this preliminary study, vest CPR, despite its late application, successfully increased aortic pressure and coronary perfusion pressure, and there was an insignificant trend toward a greater likelihood of the return of spontaneous circulation with vest CPR than with continued manual CPR. The effect of vest CPR on survival, however, is currently unknown and will require further study.