Association Between Prompt Defibrillation and Epinephrine Treatment With Long-Term Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Krishna Patel,
John A. Spertus,
Yevgeniy Khariton,
Yuanyuan Tang,
Lesley H. Curtis,
Paul S. Chan,
Anne V. Grossestreuer,
Ari Moskowitz,
Dana P. Edelson,
Joseph P. Ornato,
Mary Ann Peberdy,
Matthew M. Churpek,
Michael C. Kurz,
Monique A. Starks,
Patricia Kunz Howard,
Saket Girotra,
Sarah M. Perman,
Zachary D. Goldberger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.117.030488
Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation , asystole , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , relative risk , pulseless electrical activity , poisson regression , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , fibrillation , epinephrine , confidence interval , anesthesia , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , resuscitation , atrial fibrillation , population , environmental health
Prior studies have reported higher in-hospital survival with prompt defibrillation and epinephrine treatment in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). Whether this survival benefit persists after discharge is unknown.
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