Factors Predisposing to Survival After Resuscitation for Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the POST SCD study, the authors autopsied all World Health Organization (WHO)-defined sudden cardiac deaths (SCDs) and found that only 56% had an arrhythmic cause; resuscitated sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) were excluded because they did not die suddenly. They hypothesized that causes underlying resuscitated SCAs would be similarly heterogeneous.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine the causes and outcomes of resuscitated SCAs.

Methods

The authors identified all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) from February 1, 2011, to January 1, 2015, of patients aged 18 to 90 years in San Francisco County. Resuscitated SCAs were OHCAs surviving to hospitalization and meeting WHO criteria for suddenness. Underlying cause was determined by comprehens

SUBMITTER: Ricceri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8167892 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature