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Introduction to Chapters 27–29 Resuscitation of the Arrested Brain

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Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Several groups’ efforts, including our own, led to modern respiratory resuscitation in the 1950s and circulatory resuscitation in the 1960s. These efforts included the development of effective, teachable, and potentially universally available methods for establishing arterial oxygen transport in the dying or clinically dead person. The target organ for resuscitation and critical care is the human brain with mentation. Thus, the logical third phase, brain resuscitation, has begun in the 1970s. Chapters 27 to 29 summarize brain resuscitation research by the Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine at the University Health Center of Pittsburgh (UHCP) between June 1970 and July 1976.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 15261, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Peter Safar M.D., Dr. hon. causa (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Chicago Lying-in Hospital, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    James O. Elam M.D. (Professor of Anesthesiology) (Professor of Anesthesiology)

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Safar, P. (1977). Introduction to Chapters 27–29 Resuscitation of the Arrested Brain. In: Safar, P., Elam, J.O. (eds) Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6338-8_27

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