Why the study?
What are the predictors of survival following cardiac arrest in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery who experienced cardiac arrest while receiving anesthesia
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
until hospital discharge
Authors
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Highlights potential off-hour staffing effects; hypothesis-generating for interventions before changing noncardiac surgery practice.
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.
Šprung et al. (2003) studied this question.
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