Cardiac arrest accounts for more
than 11% of total deaths in the world. Recently a survey was conducted to find
out the success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in cardiac
arrest patients. This survey showcased that PCI has improved survival rate ofpatients with cardiac arrest irrespective of cause of the stroke.
Nationwide inpatient sample database (NIS) from 2008-2012 was
used to select the study cohort. NIS is a subset of the “Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project” (HCUP) sponsored by the agency for healthcare research and
quality. The NIS is the largest publicly available all-payer inpatient care
database in the United states (US), including data on approximately 7 to 8
million discharges per year, and is a stratified sample designed to approximate
a 20% sample of US community (nonfederal, short-term, general, and specialty)
hospitals . National estimates are produced using sampling weights provided by
the sponsor. Read more..............................
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