The Outcome of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at Pathumthani Hospital

Abstract

Cardiac arrest is the most crisis emergency situation. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation committee was established for the first time at Pathumthani Hospital in 2018. This study aimed to evaluate the results of the work of this committee.

After obtaining approval from the Hospital Ethics Committee, a retrospective descriptive study involved 230 patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Pathumthani Hospital between January 2019 and May 2020 was conducted. Data were collected from record forms and the retrospectively reviewed using patient admission charts of all cases of CPR. Most of patients were male (56.5%). Ages ranging from newborn to 88 years (41 ± 19). Average BMI 25 ± 2.2 kg.m^-2. Most of patients were of Thai nationality (95%). Diabetes Mellitus is the most common underlying disease (37.8%). The most common cause of cardiac arrest was respiratory failure (34.8%). The most common initial electrocardiogram rhythms was asystole (80.9%). Average dose of adrenaline were 7 milligrams. Average duration of CPR process were 21 minutes. In conclusion, success for resuscitation was 54.3% and survival rate was 0.4%.