Mechanical chest compression devices--will we ever get the evidence?

Editorial

Ian Jacobs. Resuscitation. 2009 Oct.

. 2009 Oct;80(10):1093-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.08.003. Epub 2009 Aug 20.

No abstract available

Comment on

Fatal complication secondary to mechanical chest compression device.
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No difference in autopsy detected injuries in cardiac arrest patients treated with manual chest compressions compared with mechanical compressions with the LUCAS device--a pilot study.
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Advanced life support performance with manual and mechanical chest compressions in a randomized, multicentre manikin study.
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Mechanical active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ACD-CPR) versus manual CPR according to pressure of end tidal carbon dioxide (P(ET)CO2) during CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Axelsson C, Karlsson T, Axelsson AB, Herlitz J. Axelsson C, et al. Resuscitation. 2009 Oct;80(10):1099-103. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.08.006. Epub 2009 Aug 28. Resuscitation. 2009. PMID: 19716640