Open chest cardiac massage: a review.
Open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is physiologically superior to all external CPR methods studied thus far (P. Safer, Ann. Emerg. Med., 13 (1984) 856). Open-chest CPR should again be taught to physicians, and used more often after prolonged cardiac arrest. An extensive review on open cardiac massage is presented herein.
Eldor
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Dept. of Anesthesia, Hadassah Medical Centre, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Davidson
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D006323:Heart Arrest; D006336:Heart Massage; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods