The 10-Year Trend of Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrests: a Korean Nationwide Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

It is crucial to understand the exact public health burden of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases; this is presently unknown since sufficient episodes are not reported in registry studies. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiologic features and outcomes of non-traumatic OHCA.

Methods

During January 2008 to December 2017, we enrolled 387,665 patients who had been assigned a code for sudden cardiac arrest or had undergone cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the emergency room using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. Those whose arrest was of non-cardiac origin were excluded.

Results

The incidence of OHCA per 100,000 patients increased steadily from 48.2 in 2008 to, 53.8 in 2011, 60.1 in 2014, and 66.7 in 2017, with a 1-year

SUBMITTER: Roh SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8484994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature