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Apache Ii Scores As Predictors Of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Outcome: Evidence From A Tertiary Care Institute In A Low-Income Country, Muhammad Junaid Patel,, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Muhammad Furqan, Safia Awan, Muhammad Sohaib, Waqar Kashif, Ayesha L. Sorathia,, Syed Ather Hussain,, Mohammed Umer Mir
Apache Ii Scores As Predictors Of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Outcome: Evidence From A Tertiary Care Institute In A Low-Income Country, Muhammad Junaid Patel,, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Muhammad Furqan, Safia Awan, Muhammad Sohaib, Waqar Kashif, Ayesha L. Sorathia,, Syed Ather Hussain,, Mohammed Umer Mir
Department of Medicine
Aim: The aim of this study was to demonstrate that APACHE II scores can be used as a predictor of the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation(CPR) outcome in hospitalized patients.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients admitted, from 2002 to 2007, at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, was done for this study. Information was collected on 738 patients, constituting all adults admitted in general ward, ICU, CICU and SCU during this time, and who had under-went cardiac arrest and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation during their stay at the hospital. Patient characteristics, intra-arrest variables such as event-witnessed, initial cardiac rhythm, pre arrest need …