Sex and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The literature is unresolved on whether female receive advanced cardiac life support less than do male and on whether female have a survival advantage over male after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Methods

We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and Web of Science databases (from inception to 23-April-2022) for papers reporting outcomes in adult male and female after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The main study outcome was the rate of adjusted survival to hospital discharge or 30 days. Secondary outcomes included unadjusted survival to hospital discharge and favourable neurological outcome.

Results

A total of 28 studies were included, involving 1,931,123 patients. Female were older than male, their cardiac arrests were less likely to be witnessed and le

SUBMITTER: Lakbar I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9763524 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature