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Cough-CPR: documentation of systemic perfusion in man and in an experimental model: a "window" to the mechanism of blood flow in external CPR.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7363629     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Maintenance of arterial pressure and consciousness by vigorous coughing during ventricular fibrillation has been previously documented. Observations in 4 additional patients with unstable rhythms and in fibrillating dogs confirm that coughing: (1) produces an arterial pulse; (2) produces opening of the aortic valve; (3) generates forward blood flow; and (4) can maintain consciousness during circulatory arrest. The authors speculate that cough-induced systemic perfusion results from compression of the pulmonary vascular beds by a rise in intrathoracic pressure, the left heart acting only as a one-way conduit to the lower pressure extrathoracic vascular outlets. Recent data suggest that conventional CPR likewise produces blood flow by compression of the pulmonary vascular blood pool, and not by cardiac compression as previously thought.
Authors:
J T Niemann; J Rosborough; M Hausknecht; D Brown; J M Criley
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Critical care medicine     Volume:  8     ISSN:  0090-3493     ISO Abbreviation:  Crit. Care Med.     Publication Date:  1980 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1980-06-16     Completed Date:  1980-06-16     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0355501     Medline TA:  Crit Care Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  141-6     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Animals
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy
Blood Circulation*
Blood Pressure
Cough*
Dogs
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Circulation
Regional Blood Flow
Resuscitation*

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