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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 May;10(3):328–333. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819886ab

Table 2.

Chest compression outcome and fatigue variables; OH=One hand, TH=Two hand.

CPR group Child Infant

OH vs. TH mean±SD, p-value TT vs. TF mean±SD, p-value
Compression Variables
Compression depth (mm) 29.1±10.2 vs. 32.9±8.5, 0.26 13.8±2.5 vs. 8.7±1.9, <0.001
Peak compression pressure (mm Hg) 259±103 vs. 323±106, 0.09 154±54 vs. 85±23, <0.001
Mean compression pressure (mmHg) 88±37 vs. 101±35, 0.32 54±20 vs. 28±12, <0.001
Compression rate/minute 114±28 vs. 125±35, 0.33 138±24 vs. 146±34, 0.45
Actual compressions cycles 386±113 vs. 417±108, 0.43 474±84 vs. 495±114, 0.56

Fatigue Variables
Change/min in heart rate from baseline 38±15 vs. 41±12, 0.61 22±10 vs. 15±6, 0.04
Change/min in resp rate from baseline 8±5 vs. 8±4, 0.84 4±5 vs. 3±4, 0.53
Recovery time to baseline (sec) 233±116 vs. 293±171, 0.25 291±230 vs. 199±125, 0.17