Association between sex and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The current literature on sex differences in 30-day survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is conflicting, with 3 recent systematic reviews reporting opposing results. To address these contradictions, this systematic literature review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the literature on sex differences in survival after OHCA by including only population-based studies and through separate meta-analyses of crude and adjusted effect estimates. MEDLINE and Embase databases were systematically searched from inception to March 23, 2022 to identify observational studies reporting sex-specific 30-day survival or survival until hospital discharge after OHCA. Two meta-analyses were conducted. The first included unadjusted effect estimates of the association between sex and survi

SUBMITTER: Bijman LAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148381 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature