TY - JOUR AU - Aramendi, Elisabete AU - Irusta, Unai PY - 2016 TI - To interrupt, or not to interrupt chest compressions for ventilation: that is the question! JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 8, No 1 (January 30, 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2016 KW - N2 - Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is one of the leading causes of death in the industrialized world, with an average global incidence of 55 cases per 100,000 person-year (1). OHCA is a major public health problem. Every 5 years leading institutions like the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) publish the resuscitation guidelines, with treatment recommendations for OHCA based on a comprehensive review of the available scientific evidence. Despite the therapeutical advances introduced by the guidelines over the years survival remains dismally low, with average survival rates to hospital discharge below 6% for all cases, and below 12% for patients presenting initial shockable rhythms (1). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/6496