Overall in-hospital cardiac arrest survival improves, lower survival on nights, weekends

(American College of Cardiology) Overall survival has improved for the approximately 200,000 patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest in the US each year, but patients who arrest during nights or weekends continue to experience lower survival compared to patients who arrest during daytime hours. Survival to discharge in patients who arrested during 'off-hours' was an absolute 3.8 percent lower compared to patients who arrested during 'on-hours,' according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news