title: [Data from automated external defibrillators provide important information on the quality of in-hospital resuscitation].
abstract: International guidelines recommend monitoring the outcome following in-hospital cardiac arrest. Using data from automatic external defibrillators (AED) prospectively collected during a three-year period in a regional hospital, we evaluated the treatment quality of resuscitation. Time to defibrillation was acceptable, but quality of chest compressions did not comply with current international recommendations. AED use led to a high fraction of time with no chest compressions. Survival to discharge was 11%. Consequently, training in basic and advanced life support of hospital staff has been modified.
authors.affiliation: Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling B, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C. ldue@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lone Due
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Vestergård
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Løfgren
authors.forename: Niels Henrik Vinther
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Krarup
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: Lone Kærslund
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D047548:Defibrillators; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006336:Heart Massage / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D061665:Time-to-Treatment / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data