Annals of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
End-tidal carbon dioxide during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: comparison of active compression-decompression and standard CPR.
To compare the maximal end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (ETCO2 peak) values obtained during standard (S-CPR) and active compression-decompression CPR (ACD-CPR) during prolonged resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. ⋯ This prospective study suggests that ACD-CPR may improve cardiac output compared with S-CPR.