Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Location of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: An Updated Analysis of Epidemiology, Emergency Response, and Outcomes
Authors' conclusion
Survival after IHCA is low and varies based on the hospital location of the IHCA. Patients with IHCA on nontelemetry wards have the lowest probability of in-hospital survival after IHCA.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with index cardiac arrest in the emergency department (ED), ICU or ward (telemetry or nontelemetry), US Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) registry, 2010–2021
- Participants
- 235,560 in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) events
- Exposure
- IHCA location: ICU vs ED vs telemetry ward vs nontelemetry ward
- ICUn = 125,798
- EDn = 32,862
- Telemetry wardsn = 37,780
- Nontelemetry wardsn = 39,120
- Outcome
- Survival (adjusted)
Methodological detailsprospectively collected nationwide registry
- Prospectively collected nationwide registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Shockable initial rhythms in all IHCAs; highest prevalence in monitored locations
- 15.9% (n = 37,465)
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Original publication
Location of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: An Updated Analysis of Epidemiology, Emergency Response, and Outcomes. Crit Care Med. Published 16 February 2026. doi:10.
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