TY  - JOUR
T1  - Improving outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest: Life after death
AU  - Chan PS, Nallamothu BK
Y1  - 2012/05/09
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.3504
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1917
EP  - 1918
VL  - 307
IS  - 18
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.3504
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3504
ER  -