Why chest compressions should start when systolic arterial blood pressure is below 50 mm Hg in the anaesthetised patient

Nigel J N Harper; Jerry P Nolan; Jasmeet Soar; Tim M Cook

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2019.11.005

Why chest compressions should start when systolic arterial blood pressure is below 50 mm Hg in the anaesthetised patient

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Mar;124(3):234-238. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.11.005. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

Authors

Nigel J N Harper¹, Jerry P Nolan², Jasmeet Soar³, Tim M Cook⁴

Affiliations

¹ Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Perioperative Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
² Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, UK; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK.
³ Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK; School of Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31836135
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.11.005

No abstract available

Keywords: arterial blood pressure; capnopgraphy; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; cerebral perfusion; chest compressions; hypotension; palpable pulse.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, General*
Blood Pressure / physiology
Capnography
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / adverse effects
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
Heart Arrest / physiopathology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Hypotension / physiopathology
Hypotension / therapy
Intraoperative Complications / therapy*
Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods