Survival after in-ICU PEA/asystole cardiac arrest unchanged at 20 yrs
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Thanks to defibrillators, burly-armed EMTs, speedier cardiac revascularization, and induced hypothermia, the mortality rates after ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation have improved markedly for both in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. But mortality rates after PEA and asystole remain stubbornly steady, seemingly resistant to any of the above interventions.
Survival after in-ICU PEA/asystole cardiac arrest unchanged at 20 yrs
Survival after in-ICU PEA/asystole cardiac…
Survival after in-ICU PEA/asystole cardiac arrest unchanged at 20 yrs
Thanks to defibrillators, burly-armed EMTs, speedier cardiac revascularization, and induced hypothermia, the mortality rates after ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation have improved markedly for both in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. But mortality rates after PEA and asystole remain stubbornly steady, seemingly resistant to any of the above interventions.