Critically ill patients, especially those requiring hemodynamic support, are unlikely to survive cardiopulmonary arrests.
Using national registry data from >400 intensive care units (ICUs), researchers examined outcomes of 49,656 adults (median age, 69) who suffered first cardiopulmonary arrests (CPAs) while in the ICU between 2000 and 2008. Overall rate of survival to hospital discharge was 15.9%.
