Relationship between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and COVID-19 during the first and second pandemic wave. The importance of monitoring COVID-19 incidence.
Enrico BaldiRoberto PrimiSara BendottiAlessia CurraoSara CompagnoniFrancesca Romana GentileGiuseppe Maria SechiClaudio MareAlessandra PaloEnrico ContriVincenza RonchiGiuseppe BergaminiFrancesca RealiPierpaolo ParogniFabio FacchinUgo RizziDaniele BussiSimone RuggeriSabina CampiPaola CentineoRoberto De PontiLuigi Oltrona ViscontiSimone Savastanonull nullPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Our results suggest that strictly monitoring the pandemic trend may help in predict which territories will be more likely to experience an OHCAs' increase. That may also serve as a guide to re-allocate properly health resources in case of further pandemic waves.