Associations between prehospital defibrillation and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests presumed to be caused by hypothermia: A nationwide observational study with epidemiological analysis.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to clarify the epidemiology of out of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases caused by hypothermia. The associations between the presence/absence of shockable initial electrocardiography rhythm, prehospital defibrillation and the outcomes of OHCA were also investigated. This study involved the retrospective analysis of prospectively collected, nationwide, population-based data for OHCA cases caused by hypothermia. One thousand five hundred seventy-five emergency medical service (EMS)-confirmed OHCA cases with hypothermia, recorded between 2013 and 2019, were extracted from the Japanese nationwide database. The primary outcome was neurologically favorable 1-month survival, defined as cerebral performance category 1 or 2. The secondary outcome was 1-month survival. OHCA cases

SUBMITTER: Ushimoto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10146074 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature