Cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality and beyond: the need to improve real-time feedback and physiologic monitoring. Issue 1 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lin, Steve; Scales, Damon
• Is Part Of: Critical care. Volume 20:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 2
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Randomized controlled trial -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Feedback -- End-tidal carbon dioxide -- Near-infrared spectroscopy; Critical care medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02805
• DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1371-9
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-8535

Abstract

Abstract High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to improve survival outcomes after cardiac arrest. The current standard in studies evaluating CPR quality is to measure CPR process measures—for example, chest compression rate, depth, and fraction. Published studies evaluating CPR feedback devices have yielded mixed results. Newer approaches that seek to optimize CPR by measuring physiological endpoints during the resuscitation may lead to individualized patient care and improved patient outcomes.