Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 1991
Report on the computer software contest at 38th Congress of the Japan Society of Anesthesiology.
We held a computer software contest at 38th Congress of the JSA, held in March, 1991. The aim is to encourage the members of the Society to write softwares and to help distribute them, especially as Freewares. ⋯ We received donations 3 million yen worth of instruments and goods for prizes plus some cash, which as prizes were distributed to those who made entries for the contest. Most of these programs have been registered as freewares at various computer networks, including our Ether-Net, one of the common computer network SIGBBS's among Japanese anesthesiologists.
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 1991
External cardiac massage using a hand-powered chest compressor on dogs with ventricular fibrillation.
We devised a hand-powered portable chest compressor for external cardiac massage. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of this device in comparison to manual chest compression in dogs with ventricular fibrillation. Five out of 7 dogs that received manual chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were successfully resuscitated. ⋯ Minimum arterial pressure during CPR was higher in dogs receiving mechanical chest compression than those receiving manual chest compression. This study reveals that the hand-powered chest compressor is equally efficient for external cardiac massage as manual cardiac massage. Moreover, this device can be useful in a situation where manual compression has to be interrupted, such as during litter transport of the patient, and so on.