Choice of hospital after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - a decision with far-reaching consequences a study in a large German city.docVIP

Wnentetal.CriticalCare2012,16:R164 /content/16/5/R164 RESEARCH OpenAccess Choiceofhospitalafterout-of-hospitalcardiac arrest-adecisionwithfar-reaching consequences:astudyinalargeGermancity JanWnent1*?,StephanSeewald1?,MatthiasHeringlake1,HansLemke2,KirkBrauer1,RolfLefering3, MatthiasFischer4,TanjaJantzen5,BertholdBein6,MartinMesselken4andJan-ThorstenGr?sner6 Abstract Introduction:Between1and31%ofpatientssufferingout-of-hospitalcardiacarrest(OHCA)survivetodischarge fromhospital.Internationalstudieshaveshownthatthelevelofcareprovidedbytheadmittinghospital determinessurvivalforpatientssuffering