Hospital variation in survival trends for in-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the past decade, survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest has improved markedly. It remains unknown whether the improvement in survival has occurred uniformly at all hospitals or was driven by large improvements at only a few hospitals.

Methods and results

We identified 93 342 adults with an in-hospital cardiac arrest at 231 hospitals in the Get With The Guidelines(®)-Resuscitation registry during 2000-2010. Using hierarchical regression models, we evaluated hospital-level trends in survival to discharge. Mean age was 66 years, 59% were men, and 21% were black. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a significant decrease in age, prevalence of heart failure and myocardial infarction, and cardiac arrests due to shockable rhythms (P<0.001 for all) and an increase

SUBMITTER: Girotra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309112 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature