Prevalence, outcomes and factors associated with adult in hospital cardiac arrests in a low-income country tertiary hospital: a prospective observational study

Research on cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has considerably increased in recent decades, and international guidelines for resuscitation have been implemented and have undergone several changes. Very little is known about the prevalence and management of in-hospital cardiac ar...

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Published in:BMC emergency medicine 2015-09, Vol.15 (1), p.23-23, Article 23
Main Authors: Ocen, Davidson, Kalungi, Sam, Ejoku, Joseph, Luggya, Tonny, Wabule, Agnes, Tumukunde, Janat, Kwizera, Arthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Cardiac patients
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Care and treatment
Developing Countries
Female
Health aspects
Heart Arrest - epidemiology
Heart Arrest - etiology
Heart Arrest - therapy
HIV infection
Hospital patients
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tertiary Care Centers
Treatment Outcome
Uganda - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Research on cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has considerably increased in recent decades, and international guidelines for resuscitation have been implemented and have undergone several changes. Very little is known about the prevalence and management of in-hospital cardiac arrest in low-resource settings. We therefore sought to determine the prevalence, outcomes and associated factors of adult inpatients with cardiac arrest at a tertiary referral hospital in a low-income country. Upon obtaining institutional approval, we conducted a prospective observational period prevalence study over a 2-month period. We recruited adult inpatients with cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit and emergency wards of Mulago Hospital, Uganda during the study period. We reviewed all files and monitoring charts, and also any postmortem findings. Data were analyzed with Stata 12 and statistical significance was set at p 
ISSN:1471-227X
1471-227X
DOI:10.1186/s12873-015-0047-0