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SUBMITTER: Goharani R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6341760 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of intensive care 20190122
<h4>Objective</h4>To determine if real-time compression feedback using a non-automated hand-held device improves patient outcomes from in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel study (no crossover) of patients with IHCA in the mixed medical-surgical intensive care units (ICUs) of eight academic hospitals. Patients received either standard manual chest compressions or compressions performed with real-time feedback using the Card ...[more]