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Cardiac arrest while using the toilet: not uncommon and associated with adverse resuscitation profile.
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Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) on the toilet has been reported to be common and possibly driven by straining or vagal stimulus. Toilet-associated OHCA may also create a challenging resuscitation environment. Methods: The national Danish sudden death registry and state-wide Australian End Unexplained Cardiac Death (EndUCD) registry were examined Results: Of 2,463young persons, 75 (3.0 %) experienced toilet-associated fatal OHCA while 2,388 (97.0 %) experienced out-of-toilet OHCA. Australians experienced toilet-associated OHCA 1.7 times more frequently than Danes (4.1 % vs 2.4 %, Conclusion: 3.0 % of young fatal OHCA of cardiac aetiology is toilet-associated, with almost double the rates of toilet-associated OHCA in Australia compared to Denmark. No differences in OHCA aetiology were identified in toilet-associated OHCA. Resuscitation-related factors were adverse in toilet-related OHCA, highlighting the need for innovative ways to recognise and respond to toilet-associated OHCA.
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