2014
Readmission Rates and Long-Term Hospital Costs Among Survivors of an In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Chan PS, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Curtis LH, Li Y, Hammill BG, Spertus JA. Readmission Rates and Long-Term Hospital Costs Among Survivors of an In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 889-895. PMID: 25351479, PMCID: PMC4241155, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.000925.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital cardiac arrestCardiac arrestInpatient costsMean inpatient costsLarge national registryInpatient resource useNeurological statusReadmission patternsHospital dispositionPatient demographicsReadmission ratesMean ageInpatient useNational registryYounger ageReadmissionArrestAgeYearsDaysPatientsRegistryResource useSurvivors
2012
A Validated Prediction Tool for Initial Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Chan PS, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Berg RA, Li Y, Sasson C, Nallamothu BK, Investigators F. A Validated Prediction Tool for Initial Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Internal Medicine 2012, 172: 947-953. PMID: 22641228, PMCID: PMC3517176, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFavorable neurological survivalHospital cardiac arrestNeurological survivalCardiac arrestNeurological statusDerivation cohortValidation cohortInitial cardiac arrest rhythmIn-Hospital Cardiac ArrestBaseline neurological statusFavorable neurological statusGuidelines-Resuscitation registryCardiac arrest rhythmSevere neurological deficitsPulseless ventricular tachycardiaMultivariate logistic regressionSimple prediction toolRenal insufficiencyArrest rhythmNeurological deficitsHepatic insufficiencyMechanical ventilationMalignant diseaseVentricular tachycardiaInitial survivors