Open AccessSurvival by the Fittest: Hospital‐Level Variation in Quality of Resuscitation Care
Author(s) -
Sinha Shashank S.,
Chen Lena M.,
Nallamothu Brahmajee K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.113.000768
Subject(s) - medicine , resuscitation , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , survival of the fittest , variation (astronomy) , physics , astrophysics , biology , evolutionary biology
Despite several advances in resuscitation care over the last decade, in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) remains common and is linked to poor survival. Approximately 200 000 hospitalized patients suffer IHCA and undergo cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United States annually, with fewer than 20%