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Racial Differences in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
- Source :
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 9/16/2009, Vol. 302 Issue 11, p1195-1201, 7p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The article focuses on a study which estimated the racial differences in survival for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrests. The study also examined the link between sociodemographic and clinical factors, and admitting hospital. It included 10,011 patients diagnosed with cardiac arrests due to ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Such patients were from 274 hospitals within the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Study authors found that rates of survival to discharge are lower in black patients compared to white patients. They concluded that the racial difference in survival rates was associated with hospital center.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00987484
- Volume :
- 302
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44215384
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1340