Cardiac arrest after pulmonary aspiration in hospitalised patients: a national observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study characteristics and outcomes among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) due to pulmonary aspiration.

Design

A retrospective observational study based on data from the Swedish Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (SRCR).

Setting

The SRCR is a nationwide quality registry that covers 96% of all Swedish hospitals. Participating hospitals vary in size from secondary hospitals to university hospitals.

Participants

The study included patients registered in the SRCR in the period 2008 to 2017. We compared patients with IHCA caused by pulmonary aspiration (n=127), to those with IHCA caused by respiratory failure of other causes (n=2197).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcome was 30-day survival. Secondary outcom

SUBMITTER: Albert M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103825 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature