Research Article

Standard versus Abdominal Lifting and Compression CPR

Table 4

Associations of sex and changes of vital signs and blood gas measurements after ALP-CPR and STD-CPR.

  ALP-CPR valueSTD-CPR value
Male ()Female ()Male ()Female ()

pH−0.17 (0.18)−0.16 (0.18)0.824−0.08 (0.20)−0.10 (0.07)0.666
SPO221.59 (51.12)2.74 (46.10)0.23012.95 (44.57)16.09 (25.12)0.779
PCO2−3.65 (11.67)−5.78 (11.97)0.5766.43 (16.51)−3.82 (17.95)0.059
PO213.18 (16.70)17.26 (13.93)0.405−6.57 (33.04)4.59 (25.85)0.223
K+−0.27 (1.51)0.00 (0.92)0.477−0.07 (0.84)0.03 (1.15)0.750
Ca2+0.45 (1.02)0.25 (1.11)0.5560.06 (0.24)−0.11 (0.35)0.083
LAC−0.52 (0.68)−0.35 (0.41)0.365−1.29 (1.03)−1.34 (1.21)0.884
Heart rate106.65 (9.27)106.86 (9.60)0.94477.05 (24.62)80.86 (17.23)0.558
Respiration rate19.33 (10.88)18.14 (11.22)0.85015.33 (1.86)25.33 (2.34)<0.001
MAP60.98 (11.63)59.22 (11.08)0.63369.97 (7.77)64.68 (11.15)0.080

ALP-CPR, abdominal lifting and compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation; STD-CPR, standard CPR; LAC, lactate; MAP, mean arterial pressure.
indicates a significant difference between groups.