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In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Survival in 1 hospital and literature review
Saklayen M, Liss H, Markert R. In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Survival in 1 hospital and literature review. Medicine. Jul 1995;74(4):163-175.

This article describes a study that observed  the CPR records at one hospital during a two-year period and the results from 113 published reports of inpatient CPR with a total patient population of 26,095. The authors compared the survival rates of patients following CPR and the pre-arrest and intra-arrest factors related to survival.

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