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Epidemiology of out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests, knowledge of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in a regional setting in India: The Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR).
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- Etiology of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bhutan: A Prospective Cohort Study.Emergency medicine international · 2026Article
- A retrospective cohort study on impact of Covid-19 outbreak on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Telangana, India: mortality trends, contributing factors, and research imperatives.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of chain of survival for out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA) in resource limited countries: A systematic review.Resuscitation plus · 2025Review
- Towards advancing Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) registries globally: Considerations from the global OHCA registry (GOHCAR) collaborative.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- Comparison between a low-cost model (CPR Pillow) and a mannequin in training hands only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): A randomised trial.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- The role of blood nitric oxide level in predicting return of spontaneous circulation: a prospective case-control study.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at the Workplace.La Medicina del lavoro · 2023Observational
- Post-Cardiac Arrest: Mechanisms, Management, and Future Perspectives.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Out of hospital cardiac arrest: experience of a bystander CPR training program in Karachi, Pakistan.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Outcomes of out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest in India: A review and proposed reforms.Indian heart journalReview
- Establishing a National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program in Indian High schools and colleges: An expert collaborative call to action and implementation model.Indian pacing and electrophysiology journalReview
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Abstract
objectiveOut-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a global public health problem. There is inadequate data on OHCA in India. The Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR) was planned to understand OHCA in a regional setting in India.
methodsWACAR is a prospective one-year observational cohort study of OHCA in the Warangal area, Telangana, India. The study included 814 subjects of OHCA of presumed cardiac etiology brought to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital during January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018. The data collected included; standard Utstein variables with additional data on clinical characteristics (modified Utstein template).
resultsThe majority of OHCA subjects were male with a median age of 60 years, and mostly occurring in residential locations within 1 h of onset of symptoms. Individuals with knowledge of CVD risk factors were more likely to report symptoms before OHCA. Data on resuscitation characteristics were inadequate.
conclusionsThe WACAR study provides baseline data regarding OHCA in a regional setting in India. The study demonstrated barriers involving data collection, patient knowledge of CVD risk factors and disease, and access to healthcare, which; impacted the data registry.
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