Epidemic of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Shanghai, China in 2022: Transient and persistent effects on Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate transient and persistent effects of the Shanghai Omicron epidemic in 2022 on the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

Methods

This retrospective study examined electronic records of patients admitted to the Shanghai Emergency Medical Center during five periods: pre-epidemic, 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019; low COVID-19 incidence, 1 January 2020 to 27 March 2022; Omicron epidemic, 28 March to 31 May 2022; early post-epidemic, 1 June to 31 July 2022; and late post-epidemic, 1 August to 30 September 2022. Clinicodemographic characteristics and outcomes of OHCA cases were compared between the pre-epidemic and other periods.

Results

A total of 55,104 OHCAs were included. The monthly number of OHCAs

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904852 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature