Clinical Characteristics and In-Hospital Mortality of Cardiac Arrest Survivors in Brazil: A Large Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Data on cardiac arrest survivors from developing countries are scarce. This study investigated clinical characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in resuscitated patients following cardiac arrest in Brazil.

Design

Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.

Setting

Ninety-two general ICUs from 55 hospitals in Brazil between 2014 and 2015.

Patients

Adult patients with cardiac arrest admitted to the ICU.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

We analyzed 2,296 patients (53% men; median 67 yr (interquartile range, 54-79 yr]). Eight-hundred patients (35%) had a primary admission diagnosis of cardiac arrest suggesting an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; the remainder occurred after admission, comprising an i

SUBMITTER: Kurtz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8322515 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature