Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the patient with cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Vitelli, C. E.; Cooper, K.; Rogatko, A.; Brennan, M. F. |
| Article Title: | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the patient with cancer |
| Abstract: | The records of 114 cancer patients suffering cardiopulmonary arrests (CPA) during a 3-year period at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) were retrospectively reviewed to identify variables predicting final outcome in these patients. Although 65.7% of the patients were successfully resuscitated, only 12 (10.5%) were discharged alive from the hospital. Median survival after discharge was 150 days. By univariate and multivariate analysis, the only variable predicting the likelihood of a patient's being discharged alive after a CPA was the performance status of the patient at the time of admission to the hospital. Thus, a patient spending more than 50% of the time in bed at the time of admission had only a 2.3% chance of being discharged alive after CPA. A thorough discussion of these findings between physicians and patients and their families is strongly recommended at the time of admission to spare cancer patients unnecessary invasive resuscitative procedures. © 1991 by American Society of Clinical Oncology. |
| Keywords: | survival; adult; aged; survival rate; retrospective studies; major clinical study; cancer patient; neoplasms; length of stay; resuscitation; heart arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest; middle age; prognosis; human; male; female; priority journal; article |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0732-183X |
| Publisher: | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| Date Published: | 1991-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 111 |
| End Page: | 115 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1200/jco.1991.9.1.111 |
| PUBMED: | 1985159 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 27 September 2019 -- Source: Scopus |
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