ArticleThe American journal of emergency medicine2020
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in prone position: A scoping review.
Article in The American journal of emergency medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mortality after in-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Resuscitation · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluating the Preparedness of Healthcare Providers for Prone Position CPR Across Jordan's Healthcare Sectors: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- The effect of hand and body position on chest compression quality and rescuer fatigue in prone cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- Intentional interruptions during compression only CPR: A scoping review.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- Patient care during interfacility transport: a narrative review of managing diverse disease states.World journal of emergency medicine · 2023Review
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- Prone cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Relevance in current times.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology · 2022Review
- Clinical update on COVID-19 for the emergency clinician: Cardiac arrest in the out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Review
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation for cardiac arrest when patients are in the prone position: A systematic review.Resuscitation plus · 2021Review
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionThe ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 brought to the fore prone positioning as treatment for patients with acute respiratory failure. With the increasing number of patients in prone position, both spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated, cardiac arrest in this position is more likely to occur. This scoping review aimed to summarize the available evidence on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in prone position ('reverse CPR') and knowledge or research gaps to be further evaluated. The protocol of this scoping review was prospectively registered on 10th May 2020 in Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/nfuh9).
methodsWe searched PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE and pre-print repositories (bioRxiv and medRxiv) for simulation, pre-clinical and clinical studies on reverse CPR until 31st May 2020.
resultsWe included 1 study on manikins, 31 case reports (29 during surgery requiring prone position) and 2 nonrandomized studies describing reverse CPR. No studies were found regarding reverse CPR in patients with COVID-19.
conclusionsEven if the algorithms provided by the guidelines on basic and advanced life support remain valid in cardiac arrest in prone position, differences exist in the methods of performing CPR. There is no clear evidence of superiority in terms of effectiveness of reverse compared to supine CPR in patients with cardiac arrest occurring in prone position. The quality of evidence is low and knowledge gaps (e.g. protocols, training of healthcare personnel, devices for skill acquisition) should be fulfilled by further research. Meanwhile, a case-by-case evaluation of patient and setting characteristics should guide the decision on how to start CPR in such cases.
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