RT Book, Section
A1 Heffner, Alan C.
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Flaxman, Alex
A2 Marshall, John P.
SR Print(0)
ID 55811593
T1 Chapter 15. Post-Cardiac Arrest Management
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162824-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55811593
RD 2024/04/16
AB Sudden  cardiac  arrest  is  a  leading  cause  of  death  in  developed  countries  and  impacts  over  300,000  patients  in  the  United  States  per  year.1  Despite  initial  resuscitation,  50%  of  arrest  victims  do  not  survive  to  discharge  from  the  hospital.  One  third  die  from  refractory  cardiovascular  shock  or  the  cause  of  initial  arrest.  The  remaining  patients  survive  the  initial  insult  only  to  later  succumb  due  to  organ  dysfunction  and  neurologic  injury  stemming  from  the  cardiac  arrest.  Among  survivors,  the  burden  of  cardiac  arrest  persists  with  up  to  30%  of  patients  suffering  permanent  neurologic  injury.  These  data  underscore  the  impressive  health  care  burden  of  sudden  cardiac  arrest.