Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Demetris Yannopoulos; Kostantinos Kotsifas; Keith G Lurie

doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2009.08.009

Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2009 Dec;1(1):13-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2009.08.009. Epub 2009 Oct 23.

Authors

Demetris Yannopoulos¹, Kostantinos Kotsifas², Keith G Lurie³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street, MMC 508, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
² Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Goudi 10928, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, University of Minnesota, 914 South 8th Street, 3rd Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA.

PMID: 28770780
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2009.08.009

Abstract

This article focuses on important advances in the science of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the last decade that have led to a significant improvement in understanding the complex physiology of cardiac arrest and critical interventions for the initial management of cardiac arrest and postresuscitation treatment. Special emphasis is given to the basic simple ways to improve circulation, vital organ perfusion pressures, and the grave prognosis of sudden cardiac death.