The capnogram as a guide to the efficacy of cardiac massage

doi:10.1016/0300-9572(78)90006-0

Resuscitation

Volume 6, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 259-263

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Abstract

Recordings from three patients in cardiac arrest are shown to illustrate the importance of monitoring pulmonary perfusion by means of the capnogram as a continuous guide to the cardiac output achieved by cardiac massage and resuscitation. Such monitoring allows the performance to be adjusted to obtain the maximal result.

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The capnogram as a guide to the efficacy of cardiac massage

Abstract

Orv. Hetil.

Janos Balassa, pioneer of cardiac resuscitation

Anaesthesia

Closed-chest cardiac massage

J. Am. Med. Assn.

Uber eine neue Methode der registrierenden Gasanalyse mit Hilfe der Absorbtion ultraroter Strahlen ohne spektrale Zerlegnung

Ztschr. F. Techn. Phys.