ArticleResuscitation plus2020
Pre-hospital factors and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according to population density, a nationwide study.
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- Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Incidence in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, 2013-2023.Jugan geon-gang gwa jilbyeong · 2025Article
- Predictors of Mortality in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Patients: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study from the Sultanate of Oman.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Spatial dependence of non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a Swiss region: A retrospective analysis.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- Standardizing post-cardiac arrest care across rural-urban settings - qualitative findings on proposed post-cardiac arrest learning community intervention.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Association of Degree of Urbanization and Survival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Does rurality decrease chances of survival?Resuscitation plus · 2022Article
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimThis study aimed to examine the impact of population density on bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
methodsThrough the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry (2001-2013), OHCAs ≥18 years of presumed cardiac cause were identified, and divided according to the OHCA location in four population density groups (inhabitants/km
results18,248 OHCAs were identified. Patients in areas of high compared to low population density were older, more often female, had more comorbidities, more witnessed arrests (very high: 59.6% versus low: 55.0%), shorter response time (very high: 10 min versus low: 14 min), but less bystander CPR (very high: 34.3% versus low: 45.1%). Thirty-day survival was higher in areas of higher population density (very high: 10.2% vs. low 5.3%), also in best-cases of witnessed arrests with bystander CPR and response time <10 min (very high: 33.6% versus low: 13.8%). The same trends were found in adjusted analyses with lower odds for bystander CPR (odds ratio [OR] 0.55 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.46-0.66) and higher odds for 30-day survival (OR 2.78, 95%CI 1.95-3.96) in the highest population density areas compared to low.
conclusionsHaving an OHCA in higher populated areas were found associated with less bystander CPR, but higher survival. Identification of area-related factors can help target future pre-hospital care.
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