Full Moon and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Japan　- Population-Based, Double-Controlled Case Series Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: It is commonly believed that a full moon affects human behavior or the occurrence and outcome of various diseases; thus, the occurrence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) might increase during full moon nights. Methods and Results: This nationwide, population-based observational study consecutively enrolled OHCA patients in Japan with attempted resuscitation between 2005 and 2016. The primary outcome measure was the occurrence of OHCA. Based on the double-control method, assuming Poisson sampling, we evaluated the average number of OHCA events that occurred on full moon nights compared with that which occurred on control nights, which included events that occurred on the same calendar days 1 week before and after the full moon nights. A total o

SUBMITTER: Sado J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889489 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature