Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Following the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) health care provision may be a good indicator of the recovery of the health care system involved in OHCA care following the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lack of data regarding outcomes capable of verifying this recovery.

Objective

To determine whether return to spontaneous circulation, overall survival, and survival with good neurological outcome increased in patients with OHCA since the COVID-19 pandemic was brought under control in 2022 compared with prepandemic and pandemic levels.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study was conducted to examine health care response and survival with good neurological outcome at hospital discharge in patients treated following OHCA. A 3-month period, includ

SUBMITTER: Ruiz Azpiazu JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807256 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature