Bmc Cardiovasc Disor
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Bmc Cardiovasc Disor · Jan 2010
Comparative StudyManual versus mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An experimental study in pigs.
Optimal manual closed chest compressions are difficult to give. A mechanical compression/decompression device, named LUCAS, is programmed to give compression according to the latest international guidelines (2005) for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The aim of the present study was to compare manual CPR with LUCAS-CPR. ⋯ LUCAS-CPR gave significantly higher coronary perfusion pressure and significantly fewer rib fractures than manual CPR in this porcine model.