Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To compare in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) rates and patient outcomes during the first COVID-19 wave in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 with the same period in previous years.

Methods

A retrospective, multicentre cohort study of 154 UK hospitals that participate in the National Cardiac Arrest Audit and have intensive care units participating in the Case Mix Programme national audit of intensive care. Hospital burden of COVID-19 was defined by the number of patients with confirmed SARS-CoV2 infection admitted to critical care per 10,000 hospital admissions.

Results

16,474 patients with IHCA where a resuscitation team attended were included. Patients admitted to hospital during 2020 were younger, more often male, and of non-white ethnicity compared with 2016-2019

SUBMITTER: Edwards JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828439 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature