Sociodemographic Factors and the Risk of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Ontario, Canada: A Province-Wide Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA) is associated with significant mortality and poor neurological outcomes. We aimed to describe the association between sociodemographic factors and POHCA risk in Ontario, Canada.

Methods and results

We conducted a province-wide case-control study at ICES, where patient records are linked across administrative databases. The case group included children (aged 1 day to 17 years) who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest between 2004 and 2020. Controls were matched up to 1:4 on age, sex, index date, and key comorbidities. We used conditional logistic regression to measure the association between sociodemographic indicators and POHCA risk. The case and control groups included 1826 and 7254 children, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Idrees S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature