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The Effects of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure During active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the Inspiratory Threshold Valve Wolfgang G. Voelckel, MD* , Keith G. Lurie, MD*, Todd Zielinski, MS*, Scott McKnite, BS*, Patrick Plaisance, MD , Volker Wenzel, MD , and Karl H. Lindner, MD . *Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and Lariboisie`re University Hospital, Paris, France The use of an inspiratory impedance threshold valve Pressure gradient was significantly (P ) higher af- (ITV) During active compression - decompression (ACD) ter the administration of PEEP (24 0 vs 17 1 mm Hg cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves perfu- with 5)

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