Study of Ventilator Associated Event During Intensive Care After Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest.
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
The aim is to describe the incidence, characteristics, risk factors and outcome of complications acquired under mechanical ventilation (called ventilator-associated events) according to the new CDC criteria, in a population of patients admitted in intensive care unit after cardiac arrest.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult male or female * Non-pregnant female * Successfully resuscitated from cardiac arrest during primary care * Invasive mechanical ventilation initiated during resuscitation and continued for at least 4 days * No decision to limit life-sustaining therapies within 24 hours following admission to intensive care * No requirement of arteriovenous circulatory support during intensive care management Exclusion Criteria \- patients who opposed to the use of their data