Title
Regional Blood Flow during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Abdominal Counterpulsation in Dogs
Abstract
The addition of abdominal counterpulsation to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (IAC-CPR) during ventricular fibrillation has been shown to improve cardiac output, oxygen uptake, and central arterial blood pressure in dogs. The present study was performed to determine the effect of IAC-CPR on regional blood flow. Regional blood flow was measured with radioactively labeled microspheres during sinus rhythm and during alternate periods of IAC-CPR and standard CPR (STD-CPR) in nine dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital. Blood pressures and oxygen uptake were measured continuously. As in previous studies, diastolic arterial pressure was higher (30.8%) during IAC-CPR than during STD-CPR, as were cardiac output (24.5%) and oxygen uptake (37.5%). Whole brain and myocardial blood flow increased 12.0% and 22.7%, respectively, during IAC-CPR. Blood flow to abdominal organs was not changed appreciably in response to abdominal compression, and postmortem examination revealed no gross trauma to the abdominal viscera. The IAC-CPR technique is simple and is easily added to present basic life support procedures. In light of the improvements observed in myocardial and cerebral blood flow, IAC-CPR could significantly improve the outcome of CPR attempts.
Keywords
abdomen, brain, heart, hemodynamics, IAC-CPR, perfusion
Date of this Version
1984
Recommended Citation
Voorhees, William D. III; Ralston, Sandra H.; and Babbs, Charles F., "Regional Blood Flow during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Abdominal Counterpulsation in Dogs" (1984). Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 116.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/bmepubs/116
Comments
This is the author accepted manuscript version of Voorhees W.D., Ralston S.H., Babbs C.F., Regional blood flow during CPR with abdominal counterpulsation in dogs, Amer J Emergency Medicine 2, 123-128, 1984. Copyright Elsevier, it is made available here CC-BY-NC-ND, and the version of record is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-6757(84)80003-0.