What are the predictors of survival following cardiac arrest in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery?
Cardiac arrests during nonregular working hours in noncardiac surgery have worse survival outcomes, suggesting human resource availability impacts survival.
The overall frequency of arrest for patients receiving anesthesia decreased during the study period. Most arrests were not due to anesthesia-related causes, and most patients experiencing anesthesia-related arrest survived to hospital discharge. Although many factors determining survival may not be amenable to modification, the fact that arrests during nonregular working hours had worse outcomes may indicate that the availability of human resources influences survival.
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