European journal of anaesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Video-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation via smartphone improves quality of resuscitation: A randomised controlled simulation trial.
Despite intensive research, cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death. It is of paramount importance to undertake every possible effort to increase the overall quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and improve patient outcome. CPR initiated by a bystander is one of the key factors in survival of such an incident. Telephone-assisted CPR (T-CPR) has proved to be an effective measure in improving layperson resuscitation. ⋯ V-CPR was shown to be superior to unassisted CPR, and was comparable to T-CPR. However, V-CPR leads to a significantly better hand position compared with the other study groups. V-CPR assistance resulted in volunteers performing chest compressions with more accurate compression depth. Despite reaching statistical significance, this may be of little clinical relevance.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Sedation with remifentanil or propofol for flexible bronchoscopy: A randomised controlled trial.