PMID- 36446264 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230303 LR - 20230313 IS - 1527-3288 (Electronic) IS - 0147-9563 (Linking) VI - 58 DP - 2023 Mar-Apr TI - Survival after multiple episodes of cardiac arrest. PG - 98-103 LID - S0147-9563(22)00278-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.11.011 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is widely used in response to cardiac arrest. However, little is known regarding outcomes for those who undergo multiple episodes of cardiac arrest while in the hospital. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of multiple cardiac events with in-hospital mortality for patients admitted to our tertiary care hospital who underwent multiple code events. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study on all patients who underwent cardiac arrest from 2012 to 2016. Primary outcome was survival to discharge. Secondary outcomes included post-cardiac-arrest neurologic events (PCANE), non-home discharge, and one-year mortality. RESULTS: There were 622 patients with an overall mortality rate of 78.0%. Patients undergoing CPR for cardiac arrest once during their admission had lower in-hospital mortality rates compared to those that had multiple (68.9% versus 91.3%, p<.01). Subset analysis of those who had multiple episodes of CPR revealed that more than one event within a 24-hour period led to significantly higher in-hospital mortality rates (94.7% versus 74.4%, p<.01). Other variables associated with in-hospital mortality included body mass index, female sex, malignancy, and increased down time per code. Patients that had a non-home discharge were more likely to have sustained a PCANE than those that were discharged home (31.4% versus 3.9%, p<.01). A non-home discharge was associated with higher one-year mortality rates compared to a home discharge (78.4% versus 54.3%, p=.01). CONCLUSION: Multiple codes within a 24-hour period and the average time per code were associated with in-hospital mortality in cardiac arrest patients. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Jones, Bayley A AU - Jones BA AD - University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Surgery; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Dallas, TX. FAU - Thornton, Micah A AU - Thornton MA AD - Southern Methodist University, Department of Statistical Science; Dallas, TX. FAU - Heid, Christopher A AU - Heid CA AD - University of Texas, Southwestern; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Division of Cardiac Surgery; Dallas, TX. FAU - Burke, Kristen L AU - Burke KL AD - University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Surgery; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Dallas, TX. FAU - Scrushy, Marinda G AU - Scrushy MG AD - University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Surgery; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Dallas, TX. FAU - Abdelfattah, Kareem R AU - Abdelfattah KR AD - University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Surgery; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Dallas, TX. FAU - Wolf, Steven E AU - Wolf SE AD - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; Department of Surgery; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Galveston, TX. FAU - Khoury, Mitri K AU - Khoury MK AD - University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Department of Surgery; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Dallas, TX; Massachusetts General Hospital; Department of Surgery; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery; Boston, MA. Electronic address: mitri.khoury@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221126 PL - United States TA - Heart Lung JT - Heart & lung : the journal of critical care JID - 0330057 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Female MH - *Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation MH - Retrospective Studies MH - *Heart Arrest MH - Hospitalization MH - Patient Discharge MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Survival Rate MH - *Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest OTO - NOTNLM OT - ACLS OT - CPR OT - Cardiac arrest OT - Critical care OT - Mortality OT - None-home discharge OT - Resuscitation OT - Stroke OT - hospital COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no proprietary or commercial interest in any product or concept discussed in this article. EDAT- 2022/11/30 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/04 06:00 CRDT- 2022/11/29 18:19 PHST- 2022/06/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/11/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/29 18:19 [entrez] AID - S0147-9563(22)00278-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.11.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Heart Lung. 2023 Mar-Apr;58:98-103. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.11.011. Epub 2022 Nov 26.