Survival prognosis for the elderly after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Bonnin, MJ; Pepe, PE; Clark, PS

doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(89)80768-1

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“…At the time of the arrest the initial type of cardiac rhythm and the duration of CPR were also significant predictors. Such findings have been reported by other studies 3, 4, 6–15 . Bedell and associates, 3 in a study with a large number of patients, reported 27% survival in hospitalized patients who demonstrated ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation at the time of their arrest compared with only an 8% survival in patients with other rhythms.…”

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“…In contrast to these findings, other recent reports 6–12 of CPR in the elderly have been more encouraging. Repeated studies of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest have shown that over 20% of patients aged 70 or older who demonstrate ventricular fibrillation at the time of their arrest will survive with CPR, and, in most of the studies, the survival was comparable to younger patients.…”

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Elderly Patients Hospitalized In The 1990s: A Favorable Outcome

Tresch

Heudebert

Kutty

et al. 1994

J American Geriatrics Society

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Elderly patients hospitalized in the 1990's who receive CPR have outcomes similar to younger patients who receive CPR. The favorable outcome in the elderly patients may reflect patient selection: the majority of our patients were functionally active prior to hospitalization, without multiple serious illnesses; many were hospitalized for acute coronary artery syndromes; and, in most cases, the arrest was witnessed with the patient's cardiac rhythm monitored at onset of the arrest.

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