Comparison on the Efficacy of a Monophasic

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

95 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-06-30

Study Completion Date

2007-02-28

Brief Summary

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The central purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized at the VA and were resuscitated after biphasic defibrillators were implemented in 2001 to clinical outcomes of patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001.

Detailed Description

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The central purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized at the VA and were resuscitated after biphasic defibrillators were implemented in 2001 to clinical outcomes of patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001.

This study will retrospectively collect and analyze clinical data related to the Atlanta VA Medical Center, a member of the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, to assess clinical parameters in cardiac arrest survivors.

This study focuses on collecting data retrospectively in regard to cardiac arrest patients to discern what factors are playing a role in patient survival after cardiac arrest. Such data will help hospitals and physicians to improve quality of care in patients at risk for cardiac arrest as well as to implement strategies to reduce such events or improve management of these high-risk patients in order to save lives.

Conditions

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Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

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Cardiac Arrest Biphasic Defibrillator

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

Case:

Patients resuscitated after 2001

No interventions assigned to this group

2

Control:

Patients who suffer cardiac arrests after 2001.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinical outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized and were resuscitated after biphasic defibrillators were implemented in 2001 to clinical outcomes of patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001.

Exclusion Criteria

Biphasic defibrillators were implemented Cardiac arrest before 2001

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Samuel C. Dudley, Jr.

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Samuel C Dudley, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

US Department of Veterans Affairs

References

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Zafari AM, Zarter SK, Heggen V, Wilson P, Taylor RA, Reddy K, Backscheider AG, Dudley SC Jr. A program encouraging early defibrillation results in improved in-hospital resuscitation efficacy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Aug 18;44(4):846-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.04.054.

Reference Type RESULT

PMID: 15312869 (View on PubMed)

Bloom HL, Shukrullah I, Cuellar JR, Lloyd MS, Dudley SC Jr, Zafari AM. Long-term survival after successful inhospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Am Heart J. 2007 May;153(5):831-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.011.