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Characteristics and...
Characteristics and outcome of false cardiac arrests in hospital
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Hein, Andreas, 1972 (author)
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- Thorén, Ann-Britt, 1952 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
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- Herlitz, Johan, 1949 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine,[external]
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- Elsevier BV, 2006
- 2006
- English.
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In: Resuscitation. - : Elsevier BV. - 0300-9572 .- 1873-1570. ; 69:2, s. 191-7
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- BACKGROUND: Not all hospitalised patients with symptoms of a presumed or threatened cardiac arrest, for whom the rescue team is alerted, eventually suffer a cardiac arrest. This article aims to describe the characteristics and outcome of "false cardiac arrests". METHODS: All patients hospitalised at Sahlgrenska University Hospital for whom the rescue team was alerted between 1 November 1994 and 15 October 2002 were included. RESULTS: In all, there were 1538 calls for the rescue team, of which 70% were caused by cardiac arrest, 9% by respiratory arrest and 21% by "other causes". Survival to discharge was 36% among patients with cardiac arrest, 64% among patients with respiratory arrest and 77% among patients with "other reasons for calling" (p<0.0001 for trend). Among survivors, a cerebral performance categories (CPC) score of 1 at hospital discharge was found in 83% of those with a cardiac arrest, 59% with respiratory arrest and 82% with other reasons for calling (NS for trend). CONCLUSION: Among patients at a Swedish university hospital for whom the rescue team was alerted, about one-third have a "false cardiac arrest". These patients had a survival rate which was about twice that of patients with a "true cardiac arrest". However, among survivors, cerebral function at discharge was similar, regardless of "false" or "true" cardiac arrest.
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- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/*statistics & numerical data
- Consciousness Disorders/etiology
- Female
- Heart Arrest/etiology/mortality/*therapy
- Hospital Units/statistics & numerical data
- *Hospitalization
- Humans
- Male
- *Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
- Patient Discharge
- Respiratory Insufficiency/therapy
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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