Impact of age on survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest transported to tertiary emergency medical institutions in Osaka, Japan.
Fumiko NakamuraKentaro KajinoTetsuhisa KitamuraMohamud R DayaMarcus Eh OngTasuku MatsuyamaTomoki YamadaKoichi HayakawaTaro IrisawaKazuhisa YoshiyaKazuo NoguchiTetsuro NishimuraToshifumi UejimaYoshiki YagiTakeyuki KiguchiMasafumi KishimotoMakoto MatsuuraYasuyuki HayashiTaku SogabeTakaya MorookaTaku IwamiTakeshi ShimazuYasuyuki Kuwagatanull nullPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2019)
In this population, advanced age (≥85 years) was strongly associated with poor outcomes. Further discussion of policies directed at resuscitation of very elderly OHCA patients is required, considering limited medical resources and the rapidly aging population in Japan. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 1088-1095.