Inchauspe AA. COVID-19 and resuscitation: La tournée of traditional Chinese medicine? World J Crit Care Med 2021; 10(4): 151-162 [PMID: 34316449 DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v10.i4.151]
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Adrian A Inchauspe, MD, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, Chronic and Acute Care, Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Interzonal "Dr. Alejandro Korn", Melchor Romero, 14 # 4079, B1884CUB, Berazategui 1884, Buenos Aires, Argentina. adrian.inchauspe@yahoo.com.ar
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Emergency Medicine
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Meta-Analysis
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World J Crit Care Med. Jul 9, 2021; 10(4): 151-162 Published online Jul 9, 2021. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v10.i4.151
COVID-19 and resuscitation: La tournée of traditional Chinese medicine?
Adrian A Inchauspe
Adrian A Inchauspe, Chronic and Acute Care, Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Interzonal "Dr. Alejandro Korn", Melchor Romero, Berazategui 1884, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Author contributions: Inchauspe AA is the sole author of the intellectual content, conception and design of this work and/or in the analysis and interpretation of the data (when applicable), as well as in the writing of this manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Adrian A Inchauspe, MD, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, Chronic and Acute Care, Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Interzonal "Dr. Alejandro Korn", Melchor Romero, 14 # 4079, B1884CUB, Berazategui 1884, Buenos Aires, Argentina. adrian.inchauspe@yahoo.com.ar
Received: February 10, 2021 Peer-review started: February 10, 2021 First decision: March 17, 2021 Revised: May 1, 2021 Accepted: June 2, 2021 Article in press: June 2, 2021 Published online: July 9, 2021 Processing time: 146 Days and 3.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Against current pandemic scenario, the author analyzes the possible difficulties that could occur on essential life support protocols as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). As happened with the previous H1N1 pandemic, from when it was decided to postpone the "kiss to life" (mouth ventilation) giving priority to the precordial massage, coronavirus disease 2019 global situation could drastically reduce survival rates due to CPR and life-support protocols. For this reason, the author insists on an additional complementary resuscitation maneuver from Traditional Chinese Medicine - already published by the World Journal of Critical Care Medicine in Beijing in August 2013, in order to improve the rescue success in sudden death and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
