Table 1: This table shows the review of cases with liver injury caused by chest compression including our cases.

Patient

Diagnosis

ECG

CPR

Haemostasis

Injury site of Liver

Treatment

Result

Author

Year

49F

PTE

Unknown

Medical technician

Heparin

left lobe fissure

Resection

Successful

Mitsuru Kunihiro

1993

64F

PTE

Unknown

Unknown

Heparin

Liver S4

TAE

Successful

Masaki Nishida

1996

41F

PTE

Unknown

Medical technician

Heparin

Subcapsular hematoma around fusiform ligament of liver

NOM

Death

Masato Fujita

2005

60F

ACS

Vf

Bystander

Heparin

Subcapsular hematoma in both lobe

TAE, NOM

Successful

Koichiro Suekichi

2008

31F

Amniotic embolism

Unknown

Medical technician

Obstetric DIC

Subcapsular hematoma in both lobe Injury of lateral segment,S5 segment, and fissure aroud fusiform ligament of liver

DCS

Successful

Horoyoshi Matsukawa

2010

50'sF

Cardiac sarcoidosis

Vf

Bystander

Heparin

Subcapsular hematoma in lateral segment

DCS

Successful

Hiromi Kuwata

2011

70F

PTE

PEA

Medical technician

Heparin

Fissure around fusiform ligament of liver

TAE, NOM

Successful

Horoyuki Suzuki

2011

62M

ACS

Vf

Bystander

Heparin

Injury of left lobe (peeling of omentum)

Coagulation

Successful

Masahito Suzuki

2012

53M

ACS

Vf

Medical technician

Heparin

Hematoma in right lobe

TAE

Successful

Hidemichi Kouzu

2012

50M

ACS

Vf

Mechanical compression

Heparin

Laceration of right lobe

Coagulation

Successful

Hidemichi Kouzu

2012

34M

PTE

Asystole

Medical technician

Heparin

Subcapsular hematoma of right lobe

Deep injury of left lobe

DCS

Successful

Manabu Yamasaki

2014

76M

ACS

unknown

Bystander

Heparin

Fissure around fusiform ligament of liver Peeling of gallbladder serosa

DCS

Successful

Yuuki Fujiwara

2015

83F

Hyperkalemia

PEA

Surgeon

Surgical DIC

Subcapsular hematoma in both lobe

NOM

Successful

Jun Kan

2015

81F

PTE

PEA

Doctor

Heparin

Infra-phragmatic liver injury

DCS

Successful

Takeshi Nishimura

2015

78F

PTE

PEA

Doctor

Heparin

Infra-phragmatic liver injury

NOM

Death

Takeshi Nishimura

2015

 

ECG: electrocardiogram; CPR: cardio pulmonary resuscitation; PTE: pulmonary thromboembolism; ACS: acute coronary syndrome; Vf: ventricular fibrillation; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation; TAE: transcatheter arteriography embolization; NOM: non operative management; DCS: damage control surgery.