Association between prehospital prognostic factors on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in different age groups.

Jyun-Bin HuangKuo-Hsin LeeYu-Ni HoMing-Ta TsaiWei-Ting WuFu-Jen Cheng

Published in: BMC emergency medicine (2021)

There were variations between younger and older OHCA patients. We found that bystander CPR and prehospital defibrillation by AED were independent prognostic factors for younger OHCA patients but not for the older group.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
cardiac arrest
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
trauma patients
emergency medical