ArticleEClinicalMedicine2021
The relationship of large city out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and the prevalence of COVID-19.
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- Health Care Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Cardiovascular Practitioner.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2023Review
- Emergency medical services clinicians in the United States are increasingly exposed to death.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2023Article
- A survey of the incidence of defibrillator damage during double sequential external defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation.Resuscitation plus · 2022Article
- Occurrence and Temporal Variability of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during COVID-19 Pandemic in Comparison to the Pre-Pandemic Period in Poland-Observational Analysis of OSCAR-POL Registry.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and publicly accessible defibrillator use in the UK.Resuscitation plus · 2022Article
- COVID-19: a gray swan's impact on the adoption of novel medical technologies.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2022Article
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- Death by COVID-19: An Open Investigation.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Implementation of High-Performance Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Emerging Role of Platelet-Endothelium Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection-Associated Myocardial Injury.Frontiers in immunologyReview
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14 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThough variable, many major metropolitan cities reported profound and unprecedented increases in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in early 2020. This study examined the relative magnitude of those increases and their relationship to COVID-19 prevalence.
methodsEMS (9-1-1 system) medical directors for 50 of the largest U.S. cities agreed to provide the aggregate, de-identified, pre-existing monthly tallies of OHCA among adults (age >18 years) occurring between January and June 2020 within their respective jurisdictions. Identical comparison data were also provided for corresponding time periods in 2018 and 2019. Equivalent data were obtained from the largest cities in Italy, United Kingdom and France, as well as Perth, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand.
findingsSignificant OHCA escalations generally paralleled local prevalence of COVID-19. During April, most U.S. cities (34/50) had >20% increases in OHCA versus 2018-2019 which reflected high local COVID-19 prevalence. Thirteen observed 1·5-fold increases in OHCA and three COVID-19 epicenters had >100% increases (2·5-fold in New York City). Conversely, cities with lesser COVID-19 impact observed unchanged (or even diminished) OHCA numbers. Altogether (
interpretationMost metropolitan cities experienced profound escalations of OHCA generally paralleling local prevalence of COVID-19. Most of these patients were pronounced dead without COVID-19 testing.
fundingNo funding was involved. Cities provided de-identified aggregate data collected routinely for standard quality assurance functions.
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