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Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation for an in-hospital cardiac arrest. 1987

M Urberg, and C Ways

This is a report of the results of a study of all patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an in-hospital cardiac arrest in a community hospital from July 1983 through June 1984. Out of 121 patients, 46 survived the initial arrest, but only 13 (11 percent) survived to leave the hospital. The patient's age or sex were not predictors of survival to leave the hospital. Patients who were living independently prior to hospitalization had a higher survival rate (19 percent) than homebound (3 percent) or nursing home (3 percent) patients. Patients with acute myocardial infarctions or cardiac arrhythmias had better survival rates (26 percent and 19 percent, respectively) than with other diagnosis (5 percent), but this difference did not reach statistical significance. Patients who survived to leave the hospital did not suffer any mental loss from the arrest. General guidelines for withholding CPR based on the present study and a review of the literature are presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008824	Michigan	State bounded on the north by the Great Lakes, on the east by Canada, on the south by Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, and on the west by Lake Michigan and Wisconsin.
D012151	Resuscitation	The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Resuscitations
D005260	Female		Females
D006323	Heart Arrest	Cessation of heart beat or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. If it is treated within a few minutes, heart arrest can be reversed in most cases to normal cardiac rhythm and effective circulation.	Asystole,Cardiac Arrest,Cardiopulmonary Arrest,Arrest, Cardiac,Arrest, Cardiopulmonary,Arrest, Heart,Asystoles
D006745	Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499	The number of beds from 300 to 499 which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006764	Hospitals, Community	Institutions with permanent facilities and organized medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area.	Community Hospital,Community Hospitals,Hospital, Community
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age