a study of the outcomes and effective factors on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an educational hospital

Background and aims: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) success rate is an important issue for all healthcare facilities. in the present study, success rate and related factors were assessed in a hospital in iran. methods: this descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2017. by using the convenience sampling, 156 patients were selected. variables based on the in-hospital utstein-style were used, which included 3 categories: patients, cardiac arrest and follow-up. data were analyzed by spss 22. results: of 156 participants, 92 were male and the average age was 61.4±5.5 years. most cardiac arrest occurred in night shift (43.6%). the most common cause of cardiac arrest was cancer (33%). of 156 patients, 102 died. results showed a significant correlation between success rate, a patient’s sex, rhythm type and medication administered during resuscitation (p < 0.001). conclusion: success rate in our study was low in comparison to previous studies. further attention should be paid to this issue.