Authors: Wen Tang H M Huang Y J Liang X Q Huang L L Xu L D Zhang
Publish Date: 2015/06/23
Volume: 52, Issue: 6, Pages: 485-488
Abstract
Sixtyone of the 94 cardiac arrest events were successfully resuscitated There was no significant association between personal and unit factors with immediate outcomes in our unit The rate of unsuccessful resuscitation in sedated patients and those without sedation was 26 and 50 respectively Unsuccessful resuscitation occurred in 19 of patients who were on positive pressure ventilation as compared with 74 for those without positive pressure ventilation Arrests which had resuscitation attempts that lasted more than 30 min had 135fold higher odds of unsuccessful outcome 78 of patients who received base supplement at the time of arrest had unsuccessful resuscitation compared with 21 for those without base supplement
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