Cohort study of the characteristics and outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and in-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We studied characteristics, survival, causes of cardiac arrest, conditions preceding cardiac arrest, predictors of survival and trends in the prevalence of COVID-19 among in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) cases.

Design and setting

Registry-based observational study.

Participants

We studied all cases (≥18 years of age) of IHCA receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Swedish Registry for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation during 15 March 2020 to 31 December 2020. A total of 1613 patients were included and divided into the following groups: ongoing infection (COVID-19+; n=182), no infection (COVID-19-; n=1062) and unknown/not assessed (n=369).

Main outcomes and measures

We studied monthly trends in proportions of COVID-19 associated IHCAs

SUBMITTER: Holm A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8635887 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature