
Lars Wik
- Researcher
- +47 23 02 62 14
Publications 2023
aMplitude spectral area of ventricular fibrillation and amiOdarone Study in patients with out-of-hospital cArdIaC arrest. The MOSAIC study
Front Cardiovasc Med, 10, 1179815
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1179815, PubMed 37255711
Amplitude spectral area of ventricular fibrillation and defibrillation success at low energy in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Intern Emerg Med (in press)
DOI 10.1007/s11739-023-03386-6, PubMed 37556074
Injuries associated with mechanical chest compressions and active decompressions after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A subgroup analysis of non-survivors from a randomized study
Resusc Plus, 13, 100362
DOI 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100362, PubMed 36798487
Amplitude Spectrum Area of ventricular fibrillation to guide defibrillation: a small open-label, pseudo-randomized controlled multicenter trial
EBioMedicine, 90, 104544
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104544, PubMed 36977371
Publications 2022
Efficacy of defibrillator pads placement during ventricular arrhythmias, a before and after analysis
Resuscitation, 174, 16-19
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.03.004, PubMed 35276312
Physiological effects of providing supplemental air for avalanche victims. A randomised trial
Resuscitation, 172, 38-46
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.01.007, PubMed 35063621
Publications 2021
Mechanical active compression-decompression versus standard mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A randomised haemodynamic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest study
Resuscitation, 170, 1-10
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.10.026, PubMed 34710550
Multimodal Algorithms for the Classification of Circulation States During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 68 (6), 1913-1922
DOI 10.1109/TBME.2020.3030216, PubMed 33044927
Publications 2020
A Probabilistic Function to Model the Relationship between Quality of Chest Compressions and the Physiological Response for Patients in Cardiac Arrest
COMPUT CARDIOL CONF, 73
DOI 10.22489/CinC.2020.073
Rhythm Analysis during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Entropy (Basel), 22 (6)
DOI 10.3390/e22060595, PubMed 33286367
Detection of Shockable Rhythms Using Convolutional Neural Networks During Chest Compressions Provided by a Load Distributing Band
COMPUT CARDIOL CONF, 45
DOI 10.22489/CinC.2020.045
Multimodal Biosignal Analysis Algorithm for the Classification of Cardiac Rhythms During Resuscitation
COMPUT CARDIOL CONF, 347
DOI 10.22489/CinC.2020.347
Publications 2019
Transthoracic Impedance Measured with Defibrillator Pads-New Interpretations of Signal Change Induced by Ventilations
J Clin Med, 8 (5)
DOI 10.3390/jcm8050724, PubMed 31121817
A Robust Machine Learning Architecture for a Reliable ECG Rhythm Analysis during CPR
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2019, 1903-1907
DOI 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856784, PubMed 31946270
A Robust Machine Learning Architecture for a Reliable ECG Rhythm Analysis during CPR
IEEE ENG MED BIO, 1903-1907
Automatic Cardiac Rhythm Classification With Concurrent Manual Chest Compressions
IEEE Access, 7, 115147-115159
DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2935096
Diagnostic performance of the basic and advanced life support termination of resuscitation rules: A systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis
Resuscitation, 148, 3-13
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.016, PubMed 31887367
Survival to hospital discharge with biphasic fixed 360 joules versus 200 escalating to 360 joules defibrillation strategies in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac etiology
Resuscitation, 136, 112-118
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.01.020, PubMed 30708074
Mixed convolutional and long short-term memory network for the detection of lethal ventricular arrhythmia
PLoS One, 14 (5), e0216756
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0216756, PubMed 31107876
The effect of intravenous adrenaline on electrocardiographic changes during resuscitation in patients with initial pulseless electrical activity in out of hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 136, 119-125
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.01.021, PubMed 30708075
Publications 2018
ECG Rhythm Analysis During Manual Chest Compressions Using an Artefact Removal Filter and Random Forest Classifiers
COMPUT CARDIOL CONF, 45
DOI 10.22489/CinC.2018.202
Haemodynamic outcomes during piston-based mechanical CPR with or without active decompression in a porcine model of cardiac arrest
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 26 (1), 31
DOI 10.1186/s13049-018-0496-z, PubMed 29690910
Publications 2017
Observed survival benefit of mild therapeutic hypothermia reanalysing the Circulation Improving Resuscitation Care trial
Eur J Clin Invest, 47 (6), 439-446
DOI 10.1111/eci.12759, PubMed 28407232
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 137 (3), 169
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.0087, PubMed 28181746
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 137 (9), 603-604
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.0304, PubMed 28468468
Prehospital thoracotomy for traumatic cardiac arrest
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 137 (3), 169
Ethics and aesthetics in prehospital thoracotomy
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 137 (9), 603-604
ECG-Based Classification of Resuscitation Cardiac Rhythms for Retrospective Data Analysis
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 64 (10), 2411-2418
DOI 10.1109/TBME.2017.2688380, PubMed 28371771
An automatic system for the comprehensive retrospective analysis of cardiac rhythms in resuscitation episodes
Resuscitation, 122, 6-12
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.11.035, PubMed 29122647
Mountain rescue cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a comparison between manual and mechanical chest compressions during manikin cardio resuscitation
Emerg Med J, 34 (9), 573-577
DOI 10.1136/emermed-2016-206323, PubMed 28476730
Publications 2016
Machine Learning Techniques for the Detection of Shockable Rhythms in Automated External Defibrillators
PLoS One, 11 (7), e0159654
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0159654, PubMed 27441719
Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Due to Trauma
Prehosp Emerg Care, 20 (3), 425-31
DOI 10.3109/10903127.2015.1111479, PubMed 26930137
Prehospital thoracotomy for traumatic cardiac arrest
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (23-24), 1964-1965
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0798, PubMed 28004542
Automatic cardiac rhythm interpretation during resuscitation
Resuscitation, 102, 44-50
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.01.015, PubMed 26891862
Defibrillation success during different phases of the mechanical chest compression cycle
Resuscitation, 103, 99-105
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.01.031, PubMed 26875991
Near-infrared spectroscopy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and after restoration of spontaneous circulation: a valid technology?
Curr Opin Crit Care, 22 (3), 191-8
DOI 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000301, PubMed 27054625
Why do some studies find that CPR fraction is not a predictor of survival?
Resuscitation, 104, 59-62
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.04.013, PubMed 27155547
Publications 2015
Chest compression rate feedback based on transthoracic impedance
Resuscitation, 93, 82-8
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.05.027, PubMed 26051811
Pre-shock chest compression pause effects on termination of ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia and return of organized rhythm within mechanical and manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Resuscitation, 93, 158-63
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.04.023, PubMed 25933511
Automatic mechanical chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: What is the evidence for its use?
Resuscitation, 94, e1
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.06.014, PubMed 26100939
Publications 2014
Comparison of Medical Priority Dispatch (MPD) and Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD) relating to cardiac arrest calls
Resuscitation, 85 (5), 612-6
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.01.029, PubMed 24525117
Minimizing pre-shock chest compression pauses in a cardiopulmonary resuscitation cycle by performing an earlier rhythm analysis
Resuscitation, 87, 33-7
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.11.012, PubMed 25461493
Manual vs. integrated automatic load-distributing band CPR with equal survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest. The randomized CIRC trial
Resuscitation, 85 (6), 741-8
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.03.005, PubMed 24642406
Manual vs. integrated automatic load-distributing band CPR with equal survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest. The randomized CIRC trial (vol 85, pg 741, 2014)
Resuscitation, 85 (9), 1306
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.06.017
Publications 2013
Effects of adrenaline on rhythm transitions in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 57 (10), 1260-7
DOI 10.1111/aas.12184, PubMed 24032427
Publications 2012
Dynamic effects of adrenaline (epinephrine) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with initial pulseless electrical activity (PEA)
Resuscitation, 83 (8), 946-52
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.02.031, PubMed 22429969
Publications 2011
Outcome when adrenaline (epinephrine) was actually given vs. not given - post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial
Resuscitation, 83 (3), 327-32
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.11.011, PubMed 22115931
Publications 2010
Mechanical chest compressions with trapezoidal waveform improve haemodynamics during cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 82 (2), 213-8
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.10.009, PubMed 21093141
Design of the Circulation Improving Resuscitation Care (CIRC) Trial: a new state of the art design for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest research
Resuscitation, 82 (3), 294-9
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.11.013, PubMed 21196070
Improving outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by strengthening weak links of the local Chain of Survival; quality of advanced life support and post-resuscitation care
Resuscitation, 81 (4), 422-6
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.020, PubMed 20122786
Discriminating the effect of accelerated compression from accelerated decompression during high-impulse CPR in a porcine model of cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 81 (4), 488-92
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.028, PubMed 20122780
Publications 2009
High school students as ambassadors of CPR--a model for reaching the most appropriate target population?
Resuscitation, 81 (1), 78-81
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.030, PubMed 19913984
Acute ischemic heart disease alters ventricular fibrillation waveform characteristics in out-of hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 80 (4), 412-7
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.01.012, PubMed 19217199
Intravenous drug administration during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomized trial
JAMA, 302 (20), 2222-9
DOI 10.1001/jama.2009.1729, PubMed 19934423
Advanced life support performance with manual and mechanical chest compressions in a randomized, multicentre manikin study
Resuscitation, 80 (10), 1152-7
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.07.001, PubMed 19665833
Publications 2008
Impact of a self-instruction CPR kit on 7th graders' and adults' skills and CPR performance
Resuscitation, 79 (1), 103-8
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.04.030, PubMed 18656297
Progressing from initial non-shockable rhythms to a shockable rhythm is associated with improved outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 80 (1), 24-9
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.09.003, PubMed 19081664
Comprehensive evaluation for quality of prehospital CPR - Reply
Resuscitation, 78 (1), 99
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.12.002
Transthoracic impedance used to evaluate performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during out of hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 79 (3), 432-7
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.08.007, PubMed 19061785
Publications 2007
Standard versus over-the-head cardiopulmonary resuscitation during simulated advanced life support
Prehosp Emerg Care, 11 (4), 443-7
DOI 10.1080/00207450701537050, PubMed 17907030
Continuous mechanical chest compressions during cardiac arrest to facilitate restoration of coronary circulation with percutaneous coronary intervention
J Am Coll Cardiol, 50 (11), 1093-4
DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.05.028, PubMed 17825721
Pauses in chest compression and inappropriate shocks: a comparison of manual and semi-automatic defibrillation attempts
Resuscitation, 73 (2), 212-20
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.09.006, PubMed 17241734
A failed attempt to improve quality of out-of-hospital CPR through performance evaluation
Prehosp Emerg Care, 11 (4), 427-33
DOI 10.1080/10903120701536628, PubMed 17907028
Is CPR quality improving? A retrospective study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 75 (2), 260-6
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.016, PubMed 17560005
Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before and during transport in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 76 (2), 185-90
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.07.001, PubMed 17728039
Arterial blood gases during basic life support of human cardiac arrest victims
Resuscitation, 77 (1), 35-8
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.10.005, PubMed 18035475
Chest compressions by ambulance personnel on chests with variable stiffness: abilities and attitudes
Resuscitation, 74 (1), 127-34
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.12.006, PubMed 17368692
Publications 2006
Airway management by paramedics using endotracheal intubation with a laryngoscope versus the oesophageal tracheal Combitube and EasyTube on manikins: a randomised experimental trial
Resuscitation, 71 (1), 107-11
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.016, PubMed 16942827
Effects of compression depth and pre-shock pauses predict defibrillation failure during cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 71 (2), 137-45
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.04.008, PubMed 16982127
Quality of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with real time automated feedback: a prospective interventional study
Resuscitation, 71 (3), 283-92
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.05.011, PubMed 17070980
Reconfirmation algorithms should be the standard of care in automated external defibrillators
Resuscitation, 70 (3), 474-5; author reply 475
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.04.010, PubMed 16875772
Quality of lay person CPR performance with compression: ventilation ratios 15:2, 30:2 or continuous chest compressions without ventilations on manikins
Resuscitation, 71 (3), 335-40
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.05.012, PubMed 17069958
Haemodynamic effects of adrenaline (epinephrine) depend on chest compression quality during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigs
Resuscitation, 71 (3), 369-78
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.05.003, PubMed 17023108
Publications 2005
Independent evaluation of a defibrillation outcome predictor for out-of-hospital cardiac arrested patients
Resuscitation, 67 (1), 55-61
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.05.006, PubMed 16154680
Advanced cardiac life support before and after tracheal intubation--direct measurements of quality
Resuscitation, 68 (1), 61-9
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.05.020, PubMed 16325329
Cardiac arrest and resuscitation with an automatic mechanical chest compression device (LUCAS) due to anaphylaxis of a woman receiving caesarean section because of pre-eclampsia
Resuscitation, 68 (1), 155-9
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.06.001, PubMed 16221521
Use of an automatic mechanical chest compression device (LUCAS) as a bridge to establishing cardiopulmonary bypass for a patient with hypothermic cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 66 (3), 391-4
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.03.011, PubMed 15992987
Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
JAMA, 293 (3), 299-304
DOI 10.1001/jama.293.3.299, PubMed 15657322
Twelve-month retention of CPR skills with automatic correcting verbal feedback
Resuscitation, 66 (1), 27-30
DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.12.022, PubMed 15993726
Publications 2004
Effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on predictors of ventricular fibrillation defibrillation success during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Circulation, 110 (1), 10-5
DOI 10.1161/01.CIR.0000133323.15565.75, PubMed 15210599
Rapid extrication from a car wreck
Injury, 35 (8), 739-45
DOI 10.1016/j.injury.2004.01.003, PubMed 15246795
Publications 2003
Rediscovering the importance of chest compressions to improve the outcome from cardiac arrest
Resuscitation, 58 (3), 267-9
DOI 10.1016/s0300-9572(03)00267-3, PubMed 12969601
Evaluation of a defibrillator-basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation programme for non medical personnel
Resuscitation, 56 (2), 167-72
DOI 10.1016/s0300-9572(02)00351-9, PubMed 12589990
Delaying defibrillation to give basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation to patients with out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation: a randomized trial
JAMA, 289 (11), 1389-95
DOI 10.1001/jama.289.11.1389, PubMed 12636461
[Prehospital ECG reduces time to treatment with percutaneous coronary interventions]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 123 (10), 1353-4
PubMed 12806676
Publications 2002
Inspiratory impedance threshold valve during CPR
Resuscitation, 52 (1), 39-48
DOI 10.1016/s0300-9572(01)00442-7, PubMed 11801347
Retention of basic life support skills 6 months after training with an automated voice advisory manikin system without instructor involvement
Resuscitation, 52 (3), 273-9
DOI 10.1016/s0300-9572(01)00476-2, PubMed 11886733