title: Timing positive-pressure ventilation during chest compression: the key to improving the thoracic pump?
abstract: Given the importance of increased coronary and cerebral perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the recommendation of limiting tidal volume and ventilation rate to 10 per minute in order not to inhibit venous return seems to be correct. However, although the resuscitation community believes that positive-pressure ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is bad for the circulation, proper timing of compression and ventilation may actually improve the circulation.
authors.affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", Athens, Greece Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Athens, Greece thanoschalkias@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalkias
authors.affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", Athens, Greece Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xanthos
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Chest compressions; haemodynamics; resuscitation; ventilation