Why the study?
Studies on perioperative cardiac arrest in Chinese hospitals have rarely been retrieved from international journals.
What are the incidence, causes, and risk factors for perioperative cardiac arrest in a Chinese tertiary hospital?
Population
118,152 anesthetics in a Chinese tertiary general hospital
Design
Retrospective database study
Follow-up
Within 24 hours of anesthesia administration
Authors
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Provides rare Chinese hospital data on perioperative cardiac arrest; leaves open generalizability and practice implications pending prospective studies.
What are the incidence, causes, and risk factors for perioperative cardiac arrest in a Chinese tertiary hospital?
Perioperative cardiac arrest in a Chinese tertiary hospital occurred at a rate of 3.5 per 10,000 anesthetics, with hemorrhagic and septic shock being the most important patient factors leading to arrest.
Kan et al. (2021) studied this question.