Receiving hospital characteristics associated with survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 524 - 529
• Main Authors: Callaway, Clifton W., Schmicker, Robert, Kampmeyer, Mitch, Powell, Judy, Rea, Tom D., Daya, Mohamud R., Aufderheide, Thomas P., Davis, Daniel P., Rittenberger, Jon C., Idris, Ahamed H., Nichol, Graham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.05.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Canada; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Catheterization; Emergency; Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care; Heart arrest; Heart Arrest - mortality; Heart Arrest - physiopathology; Heart Arrest - therapy; Hospital Bed Capacity - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Medical sciences; Patient Discharge; Post-resuscitation care; Prospective Studies; Pulse; Regionalization; Registries; Trauma Centers; Treatment Outcome; United States; Canada; United States; Heart arrest; Regionalization; Post-resuscitation care; Catheterization; Cardiocirculatory arrest; Intensive care; Cardiovascular disease; Out of hospital; Survival; Resuscitation

Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) varies between regions, but the contribution of different factors to this variability is unknown. This study examined whether survival to hospital discharge was related to receiving hospital characteristics, including bed number, capability of pe...