Epidemiology of paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are no Canadian epidemiological studies of Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (POHCA) for ≥20 years. Understanding the epidemiology of POHCA is key to prevention, education, and management strategies.

Methods

We applied a validated algorithm to hospital administrative databases to describe paediatric (age 1 day to ≤18 years) atraumatic OHCA in Ontario from 2004-2020.

Results

The cohort included 1,839 paediatric patients with atraumatic POHCA occurring at a median (IQR) age of 2 (0-12) years with 721 (39.2%) POHCA events in <1-year-olds. Males accounted for 71.1% (n = 1123) of the cohort. Crude incidence of children with POHCA who were transported to an Emergency Department was 4.2/100,000 with an increase annually over the study period (

SUBMITTER: Tijssen JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423885 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature