RT Journal
A1 Chan PS, Nallamothu BK
T1 Improving outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest: Life after death
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD May 9
VO 307
IS 18
SP 1917
OP 1918
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3504
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3504
AB 
Risk-adjusted survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest has significantly improved over the past decade.2 Several epidemiological studies have identified factors associated with lower survival, including delays in defibrillation,3 off-hours or unwitnessed arrests,4 and black race.5 Furthermore, substantial variation in survival outcomes exists across hospitals,6 suggesting that some facilities may be instituting better strategies for resuscitation care. These strategies may require better implementation of processes of care because enhanced technologies (eg, remote intensive care unit [ICU] monitoring, automated external defibrillators), to date, have shown inconsistent improvements in survival.