Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
The effects of mechanical versus bag-valve ventilation on gas exchange during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in emergency department patients: A randomized controlled trial (CPR-VENT)
Authors' conclusion
In ED patients with refractory cardiac arrest, arterial oxygen levels during CPR were comparable between patients ventilated with MV and BV.
Study context
- Population
- Non-traumatic adult cardiac arrest patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the ED, after intubation
- Participants
- 60 patients
- Comparison
- Mechanical ventilator vs bag-valve ventilation during CPR
- Mechanical ventilator (MV)n = 30
- BVn = 30reference
- Primary endpoint
- PaO2 from arterial blood gases during CPR
- Follow-up
- 4-10 minutes later
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
PaO2
P = 0.879
Further findings
Other arterial blood gases (ABG) parameters, return of spontaneous circulation, survival
- Not different between groups
Original publication
The effects of mechanical versus bag-valve ventilation on gas exchange during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in emergency department patients: A randomized controlled trial (CPR-VENT). Resuscitation. Published 12 September 2023. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it