Arch Intern Med
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Review
Results of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Failure to predict survival in two community hospitals.
The use of closed chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has, since its initial description in 1960, expanded greatly. Recently, much energy has focused on identifying patients' probabilities of responding to CPR. The goal of this study was to determine the current rate of successful CPR in two community teaching hospitals and to identify patient characteristics associated with the likelihood of successful resuscitation. ⋯ Other than the length of resuscitation, easily accessible clinical variables provided limited predictive information about CPR results.