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Kelly J. Tucker, MD; Todd J. Cohen, MD
University of California, San Francisco

JAMA. 1992;267(19):2601.

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To the Editor.

—Sack et al¹ recently described improved survival with interposed abdominal compression CPR. This technique is not new and was originally described by Ohomoto and coworkers in 1976.² Sack and colleagues reported a 25% survival rate with interposed abdominal compression CPR as compared with 7% with standard CPR. The survival rate with standard CPR found by Sack et al was extremely low when compared with previous studies.^3-5 Their poor results after standard CPR suggest a selection bias in favor of interposed abdominal compression CPR and/or ineffectively performed standard CPR. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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