Survival rates for elderly receiving hospital CPR did not improve from 1992 to 2005
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by CPR rose, and the proportion of patients who were successfully resuscitated and later discharged home fell.