Letter to the Editor
In reply to “The thumbs angle used in the novel infant chest compression technique (nTTT) can influence the quality parameters of resuscitation”
En respuesta a “El ángulo de los pulgares utilizado en la nueva técnica de compresión de tórax infantil (nTTT) puede influir en los parámetros de calidad de la reanimación”
a Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, SERGAS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
b Grupos de investigación CLINURSID, de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y Soporte Vital y Simulación del Instituto de Investigación de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
c Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, SERGAS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
d Red de Salud Materno-Infantil SAMID-III, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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In this sense, we were glad to read the recently published paper by Ruetzler K, et al.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> analyzing how the angle of thumbs during chest compressions with nTTT (45° vs. 90°) could influence the resuscitation quality parameters. According to such results we consider that further research in this field is rational, in order to obtain new evidences that could contribute to improve the chest compressions quality delivered to infants both by bystanders as well as by well-trained professionals with duty to assist.</p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Once again we would like to congratulate Drs. 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