Patients with a history of diabetes have a lower survival rate after in-hospital cardiac arrest

• Published in: Resuscitation Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 37 - 42
• Main Authors: Petursson, P, Gudbjörnsdottir, S, Aune, S, Svensson, L, Oddby, E, Sjöland, H, Herlitz, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.01.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - mortality; Emergency; Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care; Female; Heart Arrest - mortality; Heart Arrest - therapy; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; In-hospital cardiac arrest; Intensive care medicine; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Survival; Survival Rate; Sweden - epidemiology; Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy; Sweden; In-hospital cardiac arrest; Survival; Diabetes; Endocrinopathy; Human; Cardiocirculatory arrest; Intensive care; Diabetes mellitus; Cardiovascular disease; Resuscitation

Summary Aim To describe the association between a history of diabetes and outcome among patients suffering an in-hospital cardiac arrest. Method All patients suffering an in-hospital cardiac arrest in whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was attempted at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Götebo...