Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Cardiac arrest in adult cardiology patients receiving anaesthetic care: analysis from the 7th National Audit Project ( NAP7 ) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Authors' conclusion
Cardiology procedures requiring anaesthesia care account for < 1% of anaesthesia activity but generate 6% of all peri-operative cardiac arrests. The incidence of cardiac arrest was disproportionately high in cardiological procedures requiring anaesthetic care.
Study context
- Population
- Adult patients receiving anaesthetic care for cardiology procedures who had peri-operative cardiac arrestreports of cardiac arrest
- Participants
- 54 patients
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Incidence of peri-operative cardiac arrest in cardiology procedures
Estimated incidence (95% CI 0.17-0.29)%
1/450 or 0.22
Share of all NAP7 reports
54 of 881
6.1%
Further findings
Asian ethnicity, cardiology patients vs remaining NAP7 cohort
- Cardiology patients
- 9/54, 17%
- Remaining NAP7 cohort
- 35/709, 5%
ECPR
- Rate of ECPR
- 3/53, 6%
Common themes
- Logistical issues and teamworking (remote/unfamiliar locations, communication between specialties); cardiogenic shock; late involvement of anaesthesia; TAVI
Original publication
Cardiac arrest in adult cardiology patients receiving anaesthetic care: analysis from the 7th National Audit Project ( NAP7 ) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Anaesthesia. Published 22 August 2024. doi:10.
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