The association between physician turnover (the “July Effect”) and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 114, Issue , 2017, Pages 133-140

  Myers, Laura ^a,b   Mikhael, Bassem ^a   Currier, Paul ^a   Berg, Katherine ^b   Jena, Anupam ^a,c   Donnino, Michael ^b   Andersen, Lars W ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Healthcare quality; July Effect; Resident education

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHRINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURGICAL WARD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85016305375     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.03.004     Document Type: Article

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