Resuscitation
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Review Meta Analysis
Survival in cancer patients undergoing in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a meta-analysis.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is thought to be a low-yield intervention in cancer patients. In patients with metastatic disease the procedure is thought to be futile. Comprehensive data on survival to discharge in subsets of cancer patients undergoing in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however, are lacking. ⋯ Overall survival of CPR to hospital discharge in cancer patients compares favorably to survival rates in unselected inpatients. Improved outcomes in recent years in patients with metastatic disease are likely to reflect more selective use of CPR in cancer patients, with the sickest patients deselected.