Nationwide population-based study of poisoning-induced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the characteristics of poisoning-induced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (pOHCA) and the factors influencing survival to discharge and good neurological outcomes using a nationwide, population-based database.

Design

Nationwide, retrospective, population-based cohort study.

Setting and participants

This study included adult patients who had experienced pOHCA and those who had not (non-pOHCA patients) in South Korea from January 2008 to December 2018.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome was survival to discharge, and the secondary outcome was a good neurological outcome.

Methods

The basic characteristics of pOHCA and non-pOHCA patients were analysed by descriptive analysis. Logistic regression analysis was conducted for related variab

SUBMITTER: Park G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045050 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature