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ABSTRACT: Aim
The mathematical method used to calculate chest compression (CC) rate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation varies in the literature and across device manufacturers. The objective of this study was to determine the variability in calculated CC rates by applying four published methods to the same dataset.Methods
This study was a secondary investigation of the first 200 pediatric cardiac arrest events with invasive arterial line waveform data in the ICU-RESUScitation Project (NCT02837497). Instantaneous CC rates were calculated during periods of uninterrupted CCs. The defined minimum interruption length affects rate calculation (e.g., if an interruption is defined as a break in CCs ≥ 2 s, the lowest possible calculated rate is 30 CCs/min). Average rates were calculated by four methods: 1) rate with an interruption defined as ≥ 1 s; 2) interruption ≥ 2 s; 3) interruption ≥ 3 s; 4) method #3 excluding top and bottom quartiles of calculated rates. American Heart Association Guideline-compliant rate was defined as 100-120 CCs/min. A clinically important change was defined as ±5 CCs/min. The percentage of events and epochs (30 s periods) that changed Guideline-compliant status was calculated.Results
Across calculation methods, mean CC rates (118.7-119.5/min) were similar. Comparing all methods, 14 events (7%) and 114 epochs (6%) changed Guideline-compliant status.Conclusion
Using four published methods for calculating CC rate, average rates were similar, but 7% of events changed Guideline-compliant status. These data suggest that a uniform calculation method (interruption ≥ 1 s) should be adopted to decrease variability in resuscitation science.
SUBMITTER: Landis WP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7296394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Landis William P WP Morgan Ryan W RW Reeder Ron W RW Graham Kathryn K Siems Ashley A Diddle J Wesley JW Pollack Murray M MM Maa Tensing T Fernandez Richard P RP Yates Andrew R AR Tilford Bradley B Ahmed Tageldin T Meert Kathleen L KL Schneiter Carleen C Bishop Robert R Mourani Peter M PM Naim Maryam Y MY Friess Stuart S Burns Candice C Manga Arushi A Franzon Deborah D Tabbutt Sarah S McQuillen Patrick S PS Horvat Christopher M CM Bochkoris Matthew M Carcillo Joseph A JA Huard Leanna L Federman Myke M Sapru Anil A Viteri Shirley S Hehir David A DA Notterman Daniel A DA Holubkov Richard R Dean J Michael JM Nadkarni Vinay M VM Berg Robert A RA Wolfe Heather A HA Sutton Robert M RM
Resuscitation 20200220
<h4>Aim</h4>The mathematical method used to calculate chest compression (CC) rate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation varies in the literature and across device manufacturers. The objective of this study was to determine the variability in calculated CC rates by applying four published methods to the same dataset.<h4>Methods</h4>This study was a secondary investigation of the first 200 pediatric cardiac arrest events with invasive arterial line waveform data in the ICU-RESUScitation Project (NC ...[more]