Table 1.
Summary of studies included in the systematic review
| Year | Author | Country | Type of mechanical device | Setting | CPCa | ROSCb | Survival to admission | Survival to discharge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-of-hospital | |||||||||
| 1998 | Edward T. Dickinson | USA | single center | Thumper | out of hospital | Not reported | 1/10:0/7 | 1/10:0/7 | 0/10:0/7 |
| 2006 | Christer Axelsson | Sweden | Multicenter | LUCAS | out of hospital | Not reported | 49/105:50/105 | 35/105:36/105 | 4/105:2/105 |
| 2006 | Marcus Eng Hock Ong | USA | single center | AutoPulse | out of hospital | 8/101:16/96 | 101/499:96/278 | 54/485:58/277 | 14/486:27/278 |
| 2006 | Al Hallstrom | USA and Canada | Multicenter | AutoPulse | out of hospital | 28/371:12/391 | Not report | 37/373:23/394 | Not reported |
| 2011 | David Smekal | Sweden | Multicenter | LUCAS | out of hospital | Not reported | 23/73:30/75 | 15/73:18/75 | 7/73:6/75 |
| 2012 | Marcus Eng Hock Ong | Singapore | Multicenter | Autopulse | out of hospital | 2/6:13/16 | 103/459:195/552 | 6/459:18/552 | 2/6:13/16 |
| 2014 | Sten Rubertsson | Sweden, Netherlands and UK | Multicenter | LUCAS | out of hospital | 100/1289:108/1300 | 466/1289:460/1300 | 809/1289:841/1300 | 118/1289:117/1300 |
| 2015 | Sebastian Zeiner | Austria | single center | LUCAS and AutoPulse | out of hospital | 113/154:19/31 113/154:2/5 |
236/655:82/239 236/655:13/44 |
Not reported | 117/655:31/239 117/655:5/44 |
| 2015 | Gavin D Perkins | UK | Multicenter | LUCAS | out of hospital | 168/2815:77/1649 | Not reported | 193/2819:104/1652 | Not reported |
| In-hospital | |||||||||
| 1978 | George J. Taylor | USA | single center | Thumper | in hospital | Not reported | 10/26:10/24 | 2/26:3/24 | |
| 1993 | Henry R. Halperin | USA | single center | vest CPR | in hospital | Not reported | 3/17:8/17 | Not reported | |
| 2010 | Lu Xiaoguang | China | single center | Thumper | in hospital | Not reported | 28/74:42/76 | 11/74:25/76 | |
a CPC cerebral performance category, b ROSC return of spontaneous circulation