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How Do Resuscitation Teams at Top-Performing Hospitals for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Succeed?

Overview of attention for article published in Circulation, July 2018
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Title
How Do Resuscitation Teams at Top-Performing Hospitals for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Succeed?
Published in
Circulation, July 2018
DOI 10.1161/circulationaha.118.033674
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Authors

Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Timothy C. Guetterman, Molly Harrod, Joan E. Kellenberg, Jessica L. Lehrich, Steven L. Kronick, Sarah L. Krein, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Sanjay Saint, Paul S. Chan

Abstract

In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is common, and outcomes vary substantially across US hospitals, but reasons for these differences are largely unknown. We set out to better understand how top-performing hospitals organize their resuscitation teams to achieve high survival rates for IHCA. We calculated risk-standardized IHCA survival to discharge rates across American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry hospitals between 2012 and 2014. We identified geographically and academically diverse hospitals in the top, middle, and bottom quartiles of survival for IHCA and performed a qualitative study that included site visits with in-depth interviews of clinical and administrative staff at 9 hospitals. With the use of thematic analysis, data were analyzed to identify salient themes of perceived performance by informants. Across 9 hospitals, we interviewed 158 individuals from multiple disciplines including physicians (17.1%), nurses (45.6%), other clinical staff (17.1%), and administration (20.3%). We identified 4 broad themes related to resuscitation teams: (1) team design, (2) team composition and roles, (3) communication and leadership during IHCA, and (4) training and education. Resuscitation teams at top-performing hospitals demonstrated the following features: dedicated or designated resuscitation teams; participation of diverse disciplines as team members during IHCA; clear roles and responsibilities of team members; better communication and leadership during IHCA; and in-depth mock codes. Resuscitation teams at hospitals with high IHCA survival differ from non-top-performing hospitals. Our findings suggest core elements of successful resuscitation teams that are associated with better outcomes and form the basis for future work to improve IHCA.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 256 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 27 11%
Other 26 10%
Researcher 23 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 13 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 5%
Other 52 20%
Unknown 102 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 73 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 38 15%
Social Sciences 5 2%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 1%
Other 18 7%
Unknown 115 45%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 242. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2023.
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#158,452
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Outputs from Circulation
#501
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#3,227
of 340,833 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Circulation
#6
of 178 outputs
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