Patient specific advice for in‐hospital cardiac arrest survival rates

Re: Patient specific advice for in‐hospital cardiac arrest survival rates

“…Dear Editor, I read with interest the recent letter by Doherty et al 1 I certainly support the general premise that subgroup data can be useful when having conversations with individual patients about resuscitation success. However, the survival rates published in table 1 are much higher than that noted in the literature.…”

“…We thank Slawnych for his reply to our recent letter published in this journal, on patient-specific advice for inhospital cardiac arrest survival rates. 1,2 The reply raises valid points and suggestions for how the data could have been alternatively presented.…”