TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.49, sa.1, ss.311-317, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
Background/aim: Some of the patients suffering from cardiac arrest (CA) remain in a chronic unconscious state in intensive care units (ICUs). The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of chest compression (CC) on cerebral oxygenation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). As a secondary goal, we attempted to determine the effects of regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO(2)) values on consciousness and the survival rate using the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) scoring method.