Automatic Detection of Ventilations During Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

ABSTRACT: Feedback on chest compressions and ventilations during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is important to improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The thoracic impedance signal acquired by monitor-defibrillators during treatment can be used to provide feedback on ventilations, but chest compression components prevent accurate detection of ventilations. This study introduces the first method for accurate ventilation detection using the impedance while chest compressions are concurrently delivered by a mechanical CPR device. A total of 423 OHCA patients treated with mechanical CPR were included, 761 analysis intervals were selected which in total comprised 5 884 minutes and contained 34 864 ventilations. Ground truth ventilations were determined using the expired CO

SUBMITTER: Jaureguibeitia X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537815 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature