Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In addition to the directly attributed mortality, COVID-19 is also likely to increase mortality indirectly. In this systematic review, we investigate the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Methods

We searched PubMed, BioMedCentral, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for studies comparing out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurring during the pandemic and a non-pandemic period. Risk of bias was assessed with the ROBINS-I tool. The primary endpoint was return of spontaneous circulation. Secondary endpoints were bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, survival to hospital discharge, and survival with favourable neurological outcome.

Results

We identified six studies. In two studies,

SUBMITTER: Scquizzato T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7598542 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature