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Editorial
. 2022 Jan 1;99(1):9-10.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.30035.

Coding the COVID patient: Is it futile?

Kari Gorder  1 , Timothy D Henry  2
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Editorial

Coding the COVID patient: Is it futile?

Kari Gorder et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. .

Abstract

  1. There are little data on outcomes for COVID‐19 patients who suffer an in‐hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).

  2. COVID‐19 patients had a significantly higher mortality rate after an IHCA compared to historical controls, with a 5.5% survival rate to discharge.

  3. The remarkably poor outcome is likely multifactorial including the pathology of COVID‐19 as well as concerns about the logistics of resuscitating these complex patients.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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