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Ugeskrift for laeger · Sep 2014
[Data from automated external defibrillators provide important information on the quality of in-hospital resuscitation.]
- Lone Due Vestergård, Bo Løfgren, Niels Henrik Vinther Krarup, Tina Holm, and Lone Kærslund Andersen.
- Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling B, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C. ldue@hotmail.com.
- Ugeskr. Laeg. 2014 Sep 1; 176 (36).
AbstractInternational guidelines recommend monitoring the outcome following in-hospital cardiac arrest. Using data from automatic external defibrillators (AED) prospectively collected during a three-year period in a regional hospital, we evaluated the treatment quality of resuscitation. Time to defibrillation was acceptable, but quality of chest compressions did not comply with current international recommendations. AED use led to a high fraction of time with no chest compressions. Survival to discharge was 11%. Consequently, training in basic and advanced life support of hospital staff has been modified.
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