A comparison of in-hospital cardiac arrests between a United States and United Kingdom hospital

Am J Emerg Med. 2021 May:43:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.005. Epub 2021 Jan 8.

Authors

Lauren E Powell¹, William J Brady², Robert C Reiser², Daniel J Beckett³

Affiliations

¹ Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, United States of America. Electronic address: powelll6@vcu.edu.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States of America.
³ Department of Acute Medicine, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.

PMID: 33453468
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; DNACPR; DNR; Resuscitation; Scotland; United States.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / mortality*
Heart Arrest / mortality*
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Resuscitation Orders
Scotland / epidemiology
Virginia / epidemiology