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World J Crit Care Med. Sep 9, 2025; 14(3): 105611
Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i3.105611
Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i3.105611
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and patient survival in a South Indian intensive care unit
Christopher Mathew, Department of Intensive Care, Aster Dr. Moopens Medical College Hospital, Wayanad 673577, Kerala, India
Jitha Devan, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Moopens Medical College, Wayanad 673577, Kerala, India
Jasmin Jacob, Dentistry, Pearls Dental Clinic, Wayanad 673592, Kerala, India
Co-first authors: Christopher Mathew and Jitha Devan.
Author contributions: Mathew C, Devan J, Jacob J did the conceptualization, methodology, data curation and draft preparation: Mathew C did the supervison, validation, reviewing and editing.
Institutional review board statement: This study received approval from Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Dr. Moopens Medical College Hospital. Since it is an observational study, institutional ethics committee approval is waivered off.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent were obtained in accordance with institutional and ethical guidelines.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement – checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement – checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Christopher Mathew, Chief Physician, Senior Researcher, Department of Intensive Care, Aster Dr. Moopens Medical College Hospital, Christopher Mathew, Wayanad 673577, Kerala, India. drchristophermathew@gmail.com
Received: January 30, 2025
Revised: April 9, 2025
Accepted: May 7, 2025
Published online: September 9, 2025
Processing time: 169 Days and 18.7 Hours
Revised: April 9, 2025
Accepted: May 7, 2025
Published online: September 9, 2025
Processing time: 169 Days and 18.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study investigated the association between cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) duration and survival outcomes in critically ill patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit in South India. Longer CPR duration was significantly associated with lower rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and decreased short-term and long-term survival. Each additional minute of CPR decreased the odds of achieving ROSC. These findings underscore the importance of timely and effective CPR in improving outcomes for critically ill patients.