Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Independent sector and peri‐operative cardiac arrest as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Authors' conclusion
Overall, NAP7 is unable to determine whether peri-operative care relating to cardiac arrest is more, equally or less safe than in the NHS.
Study context
- Population
- Peri-operative cardiac arrest in independent sector hospitals reported to National Audit Project (NAP7) of the Royal College of Anaesthetistsof 442 hospitals contacted
- Participants
- 174 participants
- Exposure
- Independent sector vs NHS
- Outcome
- Independent sector peri-operative cardiac arrest reports
Methodological detailsdescriptive study, multicentre, national audit project, survey
- Descriptive study
- Multicentre
- National audit project
- Survey
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Independent sector
2%
17 events
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Activity survey: caseload vs NHS
- 1912 responses (from a maximum of 45% of participating hospitals); less comorbid caseload, fewer patients at extremes of age or severely obese, large proportion of elective orthopaedic surgery in weekday working hours
- Suboptimal compliance with monitoring recommendations
Preparedness survey response rate
- Response rate 23 (13%), preventing useful analysis
Original publication
Independent sector and peri‐operative cardiac arrest as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Anaesthesia. Published 4 January 2024. doi:10.
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