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Hypoxia - Reoxygenation in neonatal cardiac arrest: Results from experimental models. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2020; 25:101085. [PMID: 32014367 DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2020.101085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this review, we summarize the results of studies that investigated the effects of hypoxia and reoxygenation in cardiac arrest, including the use of different fractions of inspired oxygen, in neonatal animals. The studies were heterogenous in terms of anaesthetic regimens, and definitions of cardiac arrest and circulatory recovery. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation with 100% oxygen increased oxidative stress in maturing rats. Studies in fetal/neonatal lambs and post-transitional neonatal piglets indicate no consistent differences between ventilation with 21% vs. 100% oxygen with regards to recovery times, oxygen damage or adverse events. If 21% oxygen is as effective as 100% oxygen in newborn infants with cardiac arrest requiring chest compression, the use of 21% instead of 100% oxygen could reduce morbidity and mortality in asphyxiated infants. Unanswered questions include what is the most optimal cerebral oxygen delivery during reperfusion, as well as oxygenation targets after return of spontaneous circulation.
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Rottenberg EM. Are the current guideline recommendations for neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation safe and effective? Am J Emerg Med 2016; 34:1658-60. [PMID: 27220864 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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A recently published review of approaches to optimize chest compressions in the resuscitation of asphyxiated newborns discussed the current recommendations and explored potential determinants of effective neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, not all potential determinants of effective neonatal CPR were explored. Chest compression shallower than the current guideline recommendation of approximately 33% of the anterior-posterior (AP) chest diameter may be safer and more effective. From a physiological standpoint, high-velocity brief duration shallower compression may be more effective than current recommendations. The application of a 1- or 2-finger method of high-impulse CPR, which would depend on the size of the subject, may be more effective than using a 2-thumb (TT) encircling hands method of CPR. Adrenaline should not be used in the treatment of asphyxiated neonates and when necessary titrated vasopressin should be used.
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Kyng KJ, Skajaa T, Kerrn-Jespersen S, Andreassen CS, Bennedsgaard K, Henriksen TB. A Piglet Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Vis Exp 2015:e52454. [PMID: 26068784 DOI: 10.3791/52454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Birth asphyxia, which causes hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), accounts for 0.66 million deaths worldwide each year, about a quarter of the world's 2.9 million neonatal deaths. Animal models of HIE have contributed to the understanding of the pathophysiology in HIE, and have highlighted the dynamic process that occur in brain injury due to perinatal asphyxia. Thus, animal studies have suggested a time-window for post-insult treatment strategies. Hypothermia has been tested as a treatment for HIE in pdiglet models and subsequently proven effective in clinical trials. Variations of the model have been applied in the study of adjunctive neuroprotective methods and piglet studies of xenon and melatonin have led to clinical phase I and II trials(1,2). The piglet HIE model is further used for neonatal resuscitation- and hemodynamic studies as well as in investigations of cerebral hypoxia on a cellular level. However, it is a technically challenging model and variations in the protocol may result in either too mild or too severe brain injury. In this article, we demonstrate the technical procedures necessary for establishing a stable piglet model of neonatal HIE. First, the newborn piglet (< 24 hr old, median weight 1500 g) is anesthetized, intubated, and monitored in a setup comparable to that found in a neonatal intensive care unit. Global hypoxia-ischemia is induced by lowering the inspiratory oxygen fraction to achieve global hypoxia, ischemia through hypotension and a flat trace amplitude integrated EEG (aEEG) indicative of cerebral hypoxia. Survival is promoted by adjusting oxygenation according to the aEEG response and blood pressure. Brain injury is quantified by histopathology and magnetic resonance imaging after 72 hr.
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- Kasper J Kyng
- The Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital;
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- The Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
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- The Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
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- The Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
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- The Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
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Lamoureux L, Radhakrishnan J, Gazmuri RJ. A Rat Model of Ventricular Fibrillation and Resuscitation by Conventional Closed-chest Technique. J Vis Exp 2015. [PMID: 25938619 DOI: 10.3791/52413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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A rat model of electrically-induced ventricular fibrillation followed by cardiac resuscitation using a closed chest technique that incorporates the basic components of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in humans is herein described. The model was developed in 1988 and has been used in approximately 70 peer-reviewed publications examining a myriad of resuscitation aspects including its physiology and pathophysiology, determinants of resuscitability, pharmacologic interventions, and even the effects of cell therapies. The model featured in this presentation includes: (1) vascular catheterization to measure aortic and right atrial pressures, to measure cardiac output by thermodilution, and to electrically induce ventricular fibrillation; and (2) tracheal intubation for positive pressure ventilation with oxygen enriched gas and assessment of the end-tidal CO2. A typical sequence of intervention entails: (1) electrical induction of ventricular fibrillation, (2) chest compression using a mechanical piston device concomitantly with positive pressure ventilation delivering oxygen-enriched gas, (3) electrical shocks to terminate ventricular fibrillation and reestablish cardiac activity, (4) assessment of post-resuscitation hemodynamic and metabolic function, and (5) assessment of survival and recovery of organ function. A robust inventory of measurements is available that includes - but is not limited to - hemodynamic, metabolic, and tissue measurements. The model has been highly effective in developing new resuscitation concepts and examining novel therapeutic interventions before their testing in larger and translationally more relevant animal models of cardiac arrest and resuscitation.
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- Lorissa Lamoureux
- Resuscitation Institute, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
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- Resuscitation Institute, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science;
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Rottenberg EM. Should unobstructed gasping be facilitated and confirmed before administering adrenaline, otherwise, give titrated vasopressin? Am J Emerg Med 2014; 33:286-9. [PMID: 25541224 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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A recent commentary, "Resuscitation That's (Un)Shockable: Time to Get the Adrenaline Flowing", published in the New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch called attention to a relatively recent study showing that a large and increasing percentage of patients with in-hospital cardiac arrests exhibit initial nonshockable rhythms (asystole or pulseless electrical activity [PEA]; 82% in 2009 vs 69% in 2000) and a most recent study that concluded that neurologically intact survival to hospital discharge after in-hospital cardiac arrest was significantly more likely after earlier epinephrine administration. It was found that delayed administration of epinephrine was associated significantly with lower chance for survival to hospital discharge, in stepwise fashion (12%, 10%, 8%, and 7% survival, respectively, for patients receiving their first epinephrine dose≤3, 4-6, 7-9, and >9 minutes after arrest). Although early use of epinephrine to manage patients with nonshockable rhythms lacks strong evidence to support efficacy, focus on time to epinephrine administration-in addition to high-quality chest compressions-might be the best early intervention. However, evidence may strongly support the recommendation that adrenaline needs to be used very early because without effective-depth cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with complete recoil, epinephrine may only be effective when gasping is present, which is a time-limited phenomenon. However, because very few rescuers can perform effective-depth chest compressions with complete recoil, gasping is critically necessary for adequate ventilation and generation of adequate coronary and cerebral perfusion. However, under acidemic conditions and high catecholamine levels and/or absence of gasping, vasopressin should be administered instead.
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Varvarousi G, Xanthos T, Lappas T, Lekka N, Goulas S, Dontas I, Perrea D, Stefanadis C, Papadimitriou L. Asphyxial cardiac arrest, resuscitation and neurological outcome in a Landrace/Large-White swine model. Lab Anim 2011; 45:184-90. [PMID: 21508116 DOI: 10.1258/la.2011.010176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The vast majority of laboratory studies on animals have focused on ventricular fibrillation (VF) and not on cardiac arrest (CA) resulting from asphyxia. The aim of this study was to develop a clinically relevant animal model in Landrace/Large-White swine of asphyxial CA resuscitated using the European Resuscitation Council guidelines. Survival and 24 h neurological outcome in terms of functional deficit were also evaluated. Asphyxial arrest was induced by clamping the endotracheal tube (ETT) in 10 Landrace/Large-White piglets. After 4 min of untreated arrest, resuscitation was initiated by unclamping the ETT, 100% oxygen mechanical ventilation, 2 min chest compressions and epinephrine administration. Advanced Life Support algorithm was followed. In case of restoration of spontaneous circulation, the animals were supported for one hour and then observed for 23 h. Coronary perfusion pressure was significantly higher in surviving animals (P < 0.001) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. End-tidal CO(2) was significantly higher in the animals that survived than in non-surviving animals (P = 0.001). All of the animals were severely neurologically impaired 24 h after CA. This refined model of asphyxia CA is easily reproducible and may be used for pharmacological studies in CA.
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- G Varvarousi
- Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, University of Athens, Medical School, 11527 Athens, Greece
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Jauchem JR. An Animal Model to Investigate Effectiveness and Safety of Conducted Energy Weapons (Including TASER® Devices). J Forensic Sci 2010; 55:521-6. [PMID: 20141556 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- James R Jauchem
- Directed Energy Bio-effects Division, Human Effectiveness Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, San Antonio, TX 78235, USA
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Jauchem JR. Deaths in custody: Are some due to electronic control devices (including TASER® devices) or excited delirium? J Forensic Leg Med 2010; 17:1-7. [PMID: 20083043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Revised: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 05/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Neuroprotective effects of the inhalational anesthetics isoflurane and xenon after cardiac arrest in pigs. Crit Care Med 2008; 36:S492-5. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31818a904a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Berg MD, Banville IL, Chapman FW, Walker RG, Gaballa MA, Hilwig RW, Samson RA, Kern KB, Berg RA. Attenuating the defibrillation dosage decreases postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction in a swine model of pediatric ventricular fibrillation. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2008; 9:429-34. [PMID: 18496405 PMCID: PMC2724893 DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0b013e318172e9f8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The optimal biphasic defibrillation dose for children is unknown. Postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction is common and may be worsened by higher defibrillation doses. Adult-dose automated external defibrillators are commonly available; pediatric doses can be delivered by attenuating the adult defibrillation dose through a pediatric pads/cable system. The objective was to investigate whether unattenuated (adult) dose biphasic defibrillation results in greater postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction and damage than attenuated (pediatric) defibrillation. DESIGN Laboratory animal experiment. SETTING University animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Domestic swine weighing 19 +/- 3.6 kg. INTERVENTIONS Fifty-two piglets were randomized to receive biphasic defibrillation using either adult-dose shocks of 200, 300, and 360 J or pediatric-dose shocks of approximately 50, 75, and 85 J after 7 mins of untreated ventricular fibrillation. Contrast left ventriculograms were obtained at baseline and then at 1, 2, 3, and 4 hrs postresuscitation. Postresuscitation left ventricular ejection fraction and cardiac troponins were evaluated. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS By design, piglets in the adult-dose group received shocks with more energy (261 +/- 65 J vs. 72 +/- 12 J, p < .001) and higher peak current (37 +/- 8 A vs. 13 +/- 2 A, p < .001) at the largest defibrillation dose needed. In both groups, left ventricular ejection fraction was reduced significantly at 1, 2, and 4 hrs from baseline and improved during the 4 hrs postresuscitation. The decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction from baseline was greater after adult-dose defibrillation. Plasma cardiac troponin levels were elevated 4 hrs postresuscitation in 11 of 19 adult-dose piglets vs. four of 20 pediatric-dose piglets (p = .02). CONCLUSIONS Unattenuated adult-dose defibrillation results in a greater frequency of myocardial damage and worse postresuscitation myocardial function than pediatric doses in a swine model of prolonged out-of-hospital pediatric ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. These data support the use of pediatric attenuating electrodes with adult biphasic automated external defibrillators to defibrillate children.
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- Marc D Berg
- University of Arizona Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Rottenberg EM. Epinephrine versus Vasopressin in Adult Cardiac Arrest: Role of Agonal Respirations and Patient Age. J Pharm Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1177/875512250602200502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A review of the literature regarding the use of vasopressin versus epinephrine in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest recommends initially administering 1 mg of epinephrine, followed by alternating doses of vasopressin 40 IU and epinephrine 1 mg every 3 minutes in adults, regardless of the initial electrocardiographic rhythm. The American Heart Association—Emergency Cardiac Care Committee (AHA—ECCC) adopted this position in its recent recommendations. However, further research is required to determine whether epinephrine should always be the initial agent regardless of the initial cardiac rhythm or whether other factors need to be considered. A review of evidence that may have been overlooked by the AHA-ECCC argues for the need to consider the presence of spontaneous agonal (“gasping”) respirations and patient age before determining which vasopressor to use first.
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- Eric M Rottenberg
- ERIC M ROTTENBERG AAS, Department of Perioperative Services, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Doan Hall, Rm. 474, 410 W. Tenth Ave., Columbus, OH 43210-1228, fax 614/293-3426
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Prengel AW, Linstedt U, Zenz M, Wenzel V. Effects of combined administration of vasopressin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigs*. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:2587-91. [PMID: 16276184 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000186774.30674.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Synergistic effects of epinephrine and vasopressin may be of benefit during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, cerebral perfusion was decreased when epinephrine was combined with vasopressin compared with vasopressin alone. Although a combined infusion of norepinephrine and vasopressin improves hemodynamic variables compared with norepinephrine alone during sepsis, it is unknown whether norepinephrine in addition to vasopressin and epinephrine changes vital organ perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. DESIGN Prospective, randomized animal study. SETTING : University hospital research laboratory. SUBJECTS Twenty-one domestic pigs. INTERVENTIONS After 4 mins of ventricular fibrillation and 3 mins of basic life support, the pigs were randomly assigned to receive either 200 microg/kg epinephrine, 0.4 units/kg vasopressin alone, or 45 microg/kg norepinephrine plus 45 microg/kg epinephrine plus 0.4 units/kg vasopressin before defibrillation. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Organ perfusion was determined by radiolabeled microspheres. Myocardial blood flow (mean +/- sem) before and 90 secs and 5 mins after drug administration was 8 +/- 2, 25 +/- 6, and 7 +/- 1 mL/min/100 g after high-dose epinephrine, 12 +/- 1, 75 +/- 7, and 60 +/- 10 mL/min/100 g after vasopressin, and 9 +/- 2, 95 +/- 26, and 46 +/- 15 mL/min/100 g after vasopressin/epinephrine/norepinephrine, respectively (p < .05 at 90 secs and 5 mins vasopressin vs. epinephrine and vasopressin/epinephrine/norepinephrine vs. epinephrine). At the same time points, cerebral blood flow was 8 +/- 2, 23 +/- 3, and 17 +/- 3 mL/min/100 g after epinephrine, 11 +/- 3, 55 +/- 7, and 52 +/- 7 mL/min/100 g after vasopressin, and 11 +/- 4, 67 +/- 13, and 53 +/- 12 mL/min/100 g after vasopressin/epinephrine/norepinephrine, respectively (p < .05 at 90 secs and 5 mins vasopressin vs. epinephrine and vasopressin/epinephrine/norepinephrine vs. epinephrine). Two of seven animals in the epinephrine group, four of seven animals in the vasopressin/epinephrine/norepinephrine group, and seven of seven animals in the vasopressin group could be successfully resuscitated (p < .05 vasopressin vs. epinephrine). CONCLUSIONS Vasopressin with or without epinephrine and norepinephrine resulted in higher myocardial and cerebral perfusion than epinephrine alone, but there was no benefit in adding norepinephrine to vasopressin and epinephrine with regard to cardiac and cerebral blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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- Andreas W Prengel
- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy, University Clinic Langendreer, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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Kurita T, Morita K, Kazama T, Sato S. Comparison of isoflurane and propofol–fentanyl anaesthesia in a swine model of asphyxia. Br J Anaesth 2003; 91:871-7. [PMID: 14633760 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There have been few studies comparing the response to asphyxia and the effectiveness of typical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using exogenous epinephrine administration and manual closed-chest compression between total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) and inhalational anaesthesia. METHODS Twenty pigs were randomly assigned to two study groups anaesthetized using either 2% end-tidal isoflurane (n=10) or propofol (12 mg x kg(-1) h(-1))-fentanyl (50 microg x kg(-1)) (n=10). Asphyxia was induced by clamping the tracheal tube until the mean arterial pressure (MAP) decreased to 40% of the baseline value (40% MAP time). The tracheal tube was declamped at that point, and CPR was performed. Haemodynamic parameters and blood samples were obtained before the induction of asphyxia, at 1-min intervals during asphyxia, and 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 30 and 60 min after asphyxia. RESULTS TIVA maintained the MAP against hypoxia-hypercapnia stress significantly longer than isoflurane anaesthesia (mean (SD) 40% MAP time 498 (95) and 378 (104) s respectively). In all animals in the isoflurane group, spontaneous circulation returned within 1 min of the start of CPR. In six of the TIVA animals, spontaneous circulation returned for 220 (121) s; spontaneous circulation did not return within 5 min in the remaining four animals. CONCLUSIONS Although TIVA is less prone than isoflurane anaesthesia to primary cardiovascular depression leading to asphyxia, TIVA is associated with reduced effectiveness of CPR in which resuscitation because of asphyxic haemodynamic depression occurs.
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- T Kurita
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
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Langhelle A, Strømme T, Sunde K, Wik L, Nicolaysen G, Steen PA. Inspiratory impedance threshold valve during CPR. Resuscitation 2002; 52:39-48. [PMID: 11801347 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9572(01)00442-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The use of an inspiratory impedance threshold valve (ITV) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should reduce intrathoracic pressure during natural chest recoil or active chest decompression. This might in turn improve venous return and thereby organ blood flow. The haemodynamic effects during both standard CPR and active compression-decompression (ACD)-CPR with and without the ITV, therefore, were studied in a well-established porcine model with cross-over design. Sixteen pigs were randomised to one of four methods initially, changing the method every fifth minute during mechanical chest compression at 100 min(-1). Myocardial blood flow was doubled when the valve was added to standard CPR, median (q25-q75) 14 (3-47) versus 27 (9-51) ml min(-1) 100 g(-1) (P=0.001). ACD-CPR caused a similar increase, while adding the ITV to ACD-CPR only tended to increase myocardial blood flow (P=0.077). Varying the technique had no effect on cerebral, kidney or carotid blood flow, coronary perfusion pressure, expired CO(2) concentrations or blood gases. The valve is a promising new tool in CPR, but more independent studies of the device are needed.
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- Audun Langhelle
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ulleval University Hospital, N-0407 Oslo, Norway.
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Bands C, Davies JM. Perioperative cardiac arrest and resuscitation: do we know what we're doing? Can J Anaesth 1999; 46:519-24. [PMID: 10391597 DOI: 10.1007/bf03013540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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