Affiliation:
1. The Division of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan 2th Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510080, China
Abstract
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to drowning carries high morbidity and mortality. There are a few studies on drowning-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), in which patients are followed from the scene to hospital discharge. This study aims to compare patient characteristics between the survival group and mortality group of OHCA due to drowning. OHCA due to drowning cases were selected from the North America Termination of Resuscitation Association database between 2011 and 2015. The retrospective analysis of epidemiological characteristics and clinical features of all OHCA patients were performed. Of the 17,094 OHCA cases in the registry, 54 cases of OHCA due to drowning were included in this study. Among the 54 OHCAs due to drowning, 7 (13.0%) survived, while 47 (87.0%) died. Compared to the mortality group, the survival group had a higher bystander witness rate (57.1% versus 17.0%,
), higher asystole rate (42.9% versus 78.7%,
), and higher mild therapeutic hypothermia rate (28.6% versus 2.1%,
). In addition, a large proportion of survivors were children (71.4%) and males (71.4%). Survival among OHCA’s due to drowning was found to be improved with a higher bystander rate, higher asystole rate, and higher mild hypothermia rate. In addition, children and males comprised the majority of survivors.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献