Effectiveness of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Team with an Emergency Physician for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 603-610, 2012.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Emergency physicians are usually more experienced in emergency situations; therefore, a cardiopulmonary resuscitation team with an emergency physician as a leader would be operated effectively. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes an emergency physician.METHODS:
A retrospective analysis for in-hospital arrests that occurred in the general ward was conducted based on the in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation registry of a tertiary care university hospital in Korea from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2010. We compared outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed by a team that included an emergency physician with those by a cardiopulmonary resuscitation team that included a non-emergency physician.RESULTS:
Survival rates at discharge were 29.6% for the emergency physician team and 17.7% for the non-emergency physician team. The good neurologic outcome rates at discharge were 20.6% and 10.6%, respectively. In multivariate analysis with adjustment for pre-arrest patient condition and arrest variables, survival rate did not differ significantly between the two groups. However, the good neurologic outcomes showed an association with the emergency physician team.CONCLUSION:
For in-hospital cardiac arrest, outcomes for patients who were rescued by the emergency physician-directing CPR team might be comparable or better, compared with those by the non-emergency physician team.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tertiary Healthcare
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Patients' Rooms
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Multivariate Analysis
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Survival Rate
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Retrospective Studies
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Emergencies
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Heart Arrest
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Korea
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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