Seizure-like activity at the onset of emergency medical service-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Emergency medical service (EMS) may detect seizure-like activity in addition to agonal breathing in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study investigates the incidence and predictors of seizure-like activity in nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA and their association with clinical outcomes.

Methods

This prospective study explored EMS-recorded concomitant signs/symptoms that lead to the requirement of advanced life support in patients with nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA. Seizure-like activity includes abnormal/tonic movements and eyeball deviation. Sudden OHCA was defined by the absence of signs/symptoms of impending cardiac arrest at EMS contact or progressive circulatory/respiratory depressions after the EMS contact. Neurologically favorable outcomes were defi

SUBMITTER: Murasaka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502955 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature