Traumatic cardiac arrest - a nationwide Danish study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac arrest following trauma is a leading cause of death, mandating urgent treatment. This study aimed to investigate and compare the incidence, prognostic factors, and survival between patients suffering from traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) and non-traumatic cardiac arrest (non-TCA).

Methods

This cohort study included all patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Denmark between 2016 and 2021. TCAs were identified in the prehospital medical record and linked to the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry. Descriptive and multivariable analyses were performed with 30-day survival as the primary outcome.

Results

A total of 30,215 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests were included. Among those, 984 (3.3%) were TCA. TCA patients were

SUBMITTER: Wolthers SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283219 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature