Yasmeen Abu Fraiha, Tali Shafat, Shlomi Codish, Amit Frenkel, Dror Dolfin, Jacob Dreiher, Yuval Konstantino, Said Abu Abed, Doron Schwartz, Alexander Fichman, Luba Kvich, Ori Galante
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Abstract
Background: In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) still has a poor prognosis despite medical advancements in recent decades. Early and high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as well as good teamwork, are important prognostic factors. There are no clear guidelines regarding the composition of a dedicated hospital CPR team. We compared outcomes of IHCA treated by a dedicated hospital CPR team compared to ward medical staff with advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) training.
Methods: A single-center retrospective observational study based on the cardiopulmonary resuscitation database of Soroka University Medical Center from January 2016 until December 2019. We compared the results of resuscitations conducted by regular ward medical staff, certified in ACLS, versus those conducted by the dedicated hospital's CPR team.
Results: Of the 360 CPR events analyzed, 141 (39.1%) ended in return of spontaneous circulation, 70 (19.4%) patients were alive after 24 hours, 23 (6.4%) survived for 30 days, and 18 (5%) survived to discharge. Of those who survived to discharge, 11 (61.1%) had a cerebral performance category (CPC) score of 1-2, and 7 (38.9%) had a score of 3-4 (mean 2.09). Survival-to-discharge was significantly higher in the CPR-team group compared to the ward-team group (7.6% vs. 1.9%, p = 0.013). However, with propensity score analysis the difference in survival became insignificant (RR = 1.97, 95% CI: 0.40-9.63, p = 0.40).
Conclusion: We found no difference in survival between IHCA treated by a dedicated hospital CPR team compared to a standard ward team, both trained with biennial ACLS training. Nevertheless, crude survival-to-discharge was significantly higher in the CPR-team group.
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