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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2009 Aug 15;80(10):1158–1163. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.06.016

Table 2.

Comparison of chest decompression and compression given for AGD-ACD-CPR vs. S-CPR over 5 min.

AGD-CPR S-CPR Paired differences AGD less S-CPR P-value
Mean decompression difference (mm) (stratified P-value <0.001)
 Adolescent two-hand (AD) 0.83 ± 3.18 2.64 ± 2.18 −1.80 ± 2.05 0.0031
 Child one hand (OH) −0.42 ± 3.39 2.06 ± 1.95 −2.49 ± 2.33 <0.001
 Child two-hand (TH) 0.37 ± 3.56 2.88 ± 3.08 −2.51 ± 2.44 <0.001
 Infant two-thumb (TT) −0.81 ± 2.53 1.90 ± 1.45 −2.71 ± 2.54 <0.001
Chest compressions given/minute (stratified P-value <0.001)
 Adolescent two-hand (AD) 82.5 ± 22.5 90.4 ± 20.4 −7.9 ± 12.1 0.020
 Child one hand (OH) 74.6 ± 23.5 85.5 ± 22.4 −10.9 ± 17.1 0.022
 Child two-hand (TH) 79.5 ± 22.5 92.3 ± 23.9 −12.8 ± 14.3 0.0029
 Infant two-thumb (TT) 96.4 ± 16.3 102.8 ± 21.5 −6.4 ± 11.9 0.049