Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 17, 2020

Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest In Critically Ill Patients-Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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  • Girotra et al conducted a simulation study and used survival data of 5,690 patients hospitalized in ICU with a diagnosis of pneumonia or sepsis, and who were receiving mechanical ventilation at the time of cardiac arrest during 2014-2018 to understand survival outcomes in severe COVID-19 patients.
  • They found that survival outcomes following in-hospital resuscitation were not uniformly poor, advising against a uniform policy of no resuscitation for all COVID-19 patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Girotra et al. (Apr 17, 2020). Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest In Critically Ill Patients-Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic? Pre-print downloaded Apr 17 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.11.20060749