Why the study?
Peri-operative cardiac arrest is important to patients, anaesthetists, and surgeons, but national management and outcome data in UK practice were lacking.
Population
881 cases of peri-operative cardiac arrest in the UK
Design
12-month national registry study
Follow-up
To hospital discharge
Authors
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Informs anaesthetic training on non-shockable rhythms; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Peri-operative cardiac arrest in the UK is associated with a 52% survival rate to hospital discharge, with outcomes varying significantly by initial rhythm, age, and surgical priority.
Armstrong et al. (2023) studied this question.