title: Automated continuous chest compression for in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients with pulseless electrical activity: a report of five cases.
abstract: Of patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, those with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) have the worst outcome. Especially in these patients effective chest compressions according to the guidelines may be the key strategy to improve survival. Recently, a novel automatic mechanical chest compression device (LUCAS-CPR) has been shown to ensure effective continuous compressions without interruption during transport, diagnostic procedures and in the catheter laboratory, and may thus significantly improve outcome after resuscitation of in-hospital cardiac arrest. We report here on the first five well documented cases of in-hospital resuscitation of PEA using the LUCAS-CPR compression device.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bonnemeier
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olivecrona
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonis
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Götberg
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weitz
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iblher
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerling
authors.forename: Heribert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schunkert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse