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Methods: This retrospective single-center study assessed resuscitation-related injuries in OHCA patients using protocol-based early whole-body CT scans at hospital admission. CT scans were reviewed independently by two reviewers blinded to the compression device used. Between May 2015 and September 2021, all patients resuscitated from non-traumatic OHCA, treated with a mechanical chest compression device, and showing stable return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) until CT examination according to the institutional standard operating procedure for all OHCA patients were included. Patients were categorized by compression device type, and group differences were analyzed using the Chi-square test and Mann\u2013Whitney U test. In addition, patient-level incidences of rib fracture types were calculated, and risk ratios with corresponding 95% confidence intervals were used to compare rib fracture patterns between groups. A p-value of &lt;0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Among 71 patients, 32 received band-based and 39 piston-based treatment. Both groups were comparable in resuscitation duration, body constitution, and gender ratio, although the band-based group was older. Thoracic injuries predominated, with rib fractures representing the most frequent injury pattern (64\/71, 90.1%). The median number of rib fractures per patient was 10 (IQR 8\u201312) in the band-based group and 9 (IQR 7\u201312) in the piston-based group. The band-based group had significantly more liver lacerations (5\/32, 15.6% vs. 0\/39, 0%; p = 0.01) and displaced rib fractures (117 vs. 87; p = 0.046; patient-level RR = 1.43, 95% CI 1.06\u20131.93). Conclusions: In this observational study of a CT-based cohort of OHCA patients with stable ROSC, the band-based device was associated with significantly higher frequencies of liver lacerations and displaced rib fractures than the piston-based device. These findings should be interpreted as hypothesis-generating and may support further evaluation of device-specific injury profiles in future studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics16081179","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]],"date-time":"2026-04-16T07:37:19Z","timestamp":1776325039000},"page":"1179","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Injury Patterns in Resuscitated Non-Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Patients\u2014A Comparative CT Analysis Between Automated Chest Compression Devices"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Simon","family":"Viniol","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-3524-9507","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lennart","family":"Scholand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alexander","family":"K\u00f6nig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2107-1735","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Susanne","family":"Betz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Scheschenja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1186\/s13054-020-2773-2","article-title":"The global survival rate among adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"24","author":"Yan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Crit. 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