Age-dependent trends in survival after adult in-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has improved in recent years, it remains unknown whether this trend primarily applies to younger IHCA victims. The aim of this study was to assess trends in survival to hospital discharge after adult IHCA across age groups from 2000 to 2016.

Methods

This is an observational study of IHCA patients included in the Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation registry between 2000 and 2016. The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. Patients were stratified into five age groups: <50 years, 50-59 years, 60-69 years, 70-79 years, and ≥80 years. Generalized linear regression was used to obtain absolute survival rates over time.

Results

A total of 234,767 IHCA patients were included. The absolute increa

SUBMITTER: Wiberg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7377193 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature