Title | Variability in chest compression rate calculations during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Authors | Landis, WP, Morgan, RW, Reeder, RW, Graham, K, Siems, A, J Diddle, W, Pollack, MM, Maa, T, Fernandez, RP, Yates, AR, Tilford, B, Ahmed, T, Meert, KL, Schneiter, C, Bishop, R, Mourani, PM, Naim, MY, Friess, S, Burns, C, Manga, A, Franzon, D, Tabbutt, S, McQuillen, PS, Horvat, CM, Bochkoris, M, Carcillo, JA, Huard, L, Federman, M, Sapru, A, Viteri, S, Hehir, DA, Notterman, DA, Holubkov, R, J Dean, M, Nadkarni, VM, Berg, RA, Wolfe, HA, Sutton, RM |
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Journal | Resuscitation |
Volume | 149 |
Pagination | 127-133 |
Date Published | 2020 04 |
ISSN | 1873-1570 |
Abstract | <p><b>AIM: </b>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.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>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.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>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.</p> |
DOI | 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.01.040 |
Alternate Journal | Resuscitation |
PubMed ID | 32088254 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC7296394 |
Grant List | P2C HD047879 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States R01 HL131544 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States U01 HD049934 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States UG1 HD063108 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States |