A comparison of antecedents to cardiac arrests, deaths and emergency intensive care admissions in Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom – the ACADEMIA study
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Kause J, Smith G, Prytherch D, et al. A comparison of antecedents to cardiac arrests, deaths and emergency intensive care admissions in Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom – the ACADEMIA study. Resuscitation. 2004;62(3):275-282.Data obtained from 90 hospitals over a three-day period confirmed that antecedents are common before death, cardiac arrest and unanticipated ICU admission (the most common were hypotension and a fall in Glasgow Coma Scale). Differences in patterns of primary events, provision of ICU/HDU beds, and resuscitation teams between the UK and Australia/New Zealand were noted.
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