A CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DURATION WITH AGE AND RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION IN ADULT POST CARDIAC ARREST PATIENTS

Objective: To determine the correlation between the duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with age and gender, and the association of CPR duration with the achievement of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in adult post-cardiac arrest patients in a tertiary care hospital. Design: Retrospective, correlational study. Setting: Apollo Hospitals Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Participants: Data from medical records has been employed for generating purposive samples of 92 adult patients (ages 18-90) who suffered cardiac arrest and have been admitted to non-critical regions or wards between August 2022 and August 2024. Inclusion criteria required patients to have achieved ROSC at some point during resuscitation. Exclusion criteria included patients from outpatient departments, dialysis units, or those discharged after cardiac arrest, and patients with documented