Coding the COVID patient: Is it futile?

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Jan 1;99(1):9-10. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30035.

Authors

Kari Gorder¹, Timothy D Henry²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
² The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Abstract

There are little data on outcomes for COVID‐19 patients who suffer an in‐hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).
COVID‐19 patients had a significantly higher mortality rate after an IHCA compared to historical controls, with a 5.5% survival rate to discharge.
The remarkably poor outcome is likely multifactorial including the pathology of COVID‐19 as well as concerns about the logistics of resuscitating these complex patients.

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MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel
COVID-19*
Humans
Medical Futility
SARS-CoV-2
Treatment Outcome