Research Article

Standard versus Abdominal Lifting and Compression CPR

Table 5

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

   ALP-CPR valueSTD-CPR value
Age > 65 years ()Age ≤ 65 years ()Male ()Female ()

pH−0.20 (0.13)−0.13 (0.21)0.209−0.06 (0.19)−0.11 (0.10)0.351
SPO27.80 (53.17)13.70 (44.71)0.70612.71 (35.01)16.32 (36.80)0.744
PCO2−1.50 (10.28)−8.25 (12.39)0.0681.14 (17.09)1.23 (18.91)0.988
PO212.15 (18.17)18.90 (10.67)0.162−3.38 (26.84)1.55 (32.75)0.593
K+−0.52 (1.09)0.29 (1.19)0.0310.11 (1.10)−0.14 (0.90)0.414
Ca2+0.50 (1.34)0.17 (0.69)0.333−0.12 (0.35)0.06 (0.24)0.049
LAC−0.44 (0.50)−0.41 (0.59)0.863−1.38 (1.03)−1.26 (1.20)0.734
Heart rate107.95 (9.76)105.53 (8.95)0.42576.76 (18.93)81.14 (23.03)0.501
Respiration rate23.86 (7.73)12.67 (10.84)0.05318.43 (5.56)23.00 (4.95)0.173
MAP59.19 (11.28)60.83 (11.38)0.65468.76 (10.41)65.84 (9.42)0.339

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