Correlation between end-tidal carbon dioxide and the degree of compression of heart cavities measured by transthoracic echocardiography during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Abstract Background The concept of personalized cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) requires a parameter that reflects its hemodynamic efficiency. While intra-arrest ultrasound is increasingly implemented into the advanced life support, we realized a pre-hospital clinical study to evaluate whether t...

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Main Authors: Roman Skulec, Petr Vojtisek, Vladimir Cerny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2607-2