Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Aug 2004
Immediate and 1-year survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in southern New Jersey: 1995-2000.
Most studies report the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival to hospital discharge. One-year survival and neurological outcomes in southern New Jersey in 1996-2000 were analyzed using a retrospective data review. There were 1,597 cases of OHCA. ⋯ One-year survival of OHCA victims without neurological deficits is low. In southern New Jersey the survival rate did not improve over the 5-year study. Not only initial (prehospital) mortality, but also "delayed" (in-hospital mortality) increases with increase of response time.