Blood flow maintenance by cardiac massage during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Classical theories, newer hypotheses, and clinical utility of mechanical devices

Journal of the Intensive Care Society
Simone CipaniArmando Sarti

Abstract

The mechanisms by which closed chest cardiac massage produces and maintains blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation are still debated. To date, two main theories exist: the "cardiac pump", which assumes that blood flow is driven by direct cardiac compression and the "chest pump", which hypothesizes that blood flow is caused by changes in intrathoracic pressure. Newer hypotheses including the "atrial pump", the "lung pump", and the "respiratory pump" were also proposed. We reviewed studies supporting these different theories as well as the clinical evidences on the utility of mechanical devices proposed to optimize cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in view of their pathophysiological assumptions with regard to the underlying theory. On the basis of current evidence, a single theory is probably not sufficient to explain how cardiac massage produces blood flow. This suggests that different simultaneous mechanism might be involved. The relative importance of these mechanisms depends on several factors, including delay from collapse to starting of resuscitation, compression force and rate, body habitus, airway pressure, and presenting electrocardiogram. The complexity of the physiologic events occurring during cardiopulmonary r...Continue Reading

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