OBJECTIVE Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provides treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest since perfusion of vital organs is critical to resuscitation. Alternatives to standard CPR are evaluated for effectiveness based upon outcome predictive metrics and survival studies. This study focuses on evaluating the performance of rhythmic-only abdominal compression CPR (OAC-CPR) re...

The authors have experienced a very rare case of obstructive jaundice resulting from direct compression of the region of the porta hepatis by an abdominal aneurysm developing below the renal artery, whose life was saved by an operation performed just before rupture of the aneurysm occurred. The case is reported.

Interposed abdominal compression (IAC)-CPR includes all steps of standard external CPR with the addition of manual mid-abdominal compressions in counterpoint to the rhythm of chest compressions. IAC-CPR can increase blood flow during CPR about two fold compared to standard CPR without IAC, as shown by multiple studies in computer and animal models. The technique increases the rate return of spo...

Interposed abdominal compression (IAC)-CPR includes all steps of standard external CPR with the addition of manual mid-abdominal compressions in counterpoint to the rhythm of chest compressions. IAC-CPR can increase blood flow during CPR about 2-fold compared with standard CPR without IAC, as shown by six of six studies in computer models and 19 of 20 studies in various animal models. The addit...

This study was conducted to evaluate the hemodynamic effectiveness of a new modification of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), termed interposed abdominal compression-CPR (IAC-CPR). IAC-CPR utilizes all the steps of standard CPR with the addition of abdominal compressions interposed during the release phase of chest compression. Ventricular fibrillation was induced electrically in 10 anesthet...

OBJECTIVES The management of cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery differs from the management of cardiac arrest under other circumstances. In other studies, interposed abdominal compression-cardiopulmonary resuscitation (IAC-CPR) resulted in a better outcome compared with conventional CPR. The aim of the present study was to determine the feasibility, safety and efficacy of IAC-CPR compared wit...

An investigation was carried out of the diagnostic value of hepato-jugular reflux in patients with heart failure. The effect of abdominal compression on superior vena cava pressure was assessed in patients with and without heart failure. In four of the six patients without congestive cardiac failure, during compression, whether applied in the right hypochondrium or left iliac fossa, there was a...

A SIMPLE, nonhazardous technic for unilateral urine sampling was described recently.' Occlusion of one ureter by pressure applied to the anterior abdominal wall allowed collection of unilateral urine samples by urinary bladder catheterization. That these urines were unilateral in origin was shown by excretory urography and by the sum of the unilateral urea and creatinine clearances being equal ...

Corresponding author: Mehmet Tort, M.D. Erzurum Bölge Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey. Tel: +90 442 316 57 63 e-mail: [email protected] Compression of the left renal vein between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery is named as Nutcracker syndrome (NCS). It is an extremely rare pathology which usually manifests with hemat...

Median arcuate ligament (MAL) syndrome, also known as the celiac axis compression syndrome (CACS) is rare, and a topic of ongoing academic controversy. CACS is a diagnosis of exclusion, characterized by the clinical triad of postprandial abdominal pain, weight loss, and vomiting. The classic management of CACS involves the surgical division of the MAL fibers. We report successful treatment of a...