TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal Trends in Outcomes after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Witnessed by Emergency Medical Services in Japan
T2 - A Population-Based Study
AU - Kajino, Kentaro
AU - Kitamura, Tetsuhisa
AU - Kiyohara, Kosuke
AU - Iwami, Taku
AU - Daya, Mohamud
AU - Ong, Marcus Eng Hock
AU - Shimazu, Takeshi
AU - Sadamitsu, Daikai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/7/3
Y1 - 2016/7/3
N2 - Abstract: Objective: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) witnessed by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel has been insufficiently understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate temporal trends in survival after EMS-witnessed OHCAs in Japan. Methods: A nationwide, population-based, observational cohort study of consecutive adult OHCA patients with emergency responder resuscitation attempts from January 2005 to December 2012 in Japan. We assessed the trends in annual incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of OHCA patients witnessed by EMS personnel. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors that were potentially associated with neurologically favorable outcome defined as cerebral performance category scale 1or 2. Results: During the study period, a total of 66,760 EMS-witnessed OHCAs were documented. The annual incidence rates per 100,000 persons of EMS-witnessed OHCA patients increased from 4.6 (n = 7219) in 2005 to 4.9 (n = 9256) in 2012 (p for trend = 0.035). The proportion of one-month survival with neurologically favorable outcome improved from 5.9% in 2005 to 8.6% in 2012 (p for trend < 0.001), and the proportion increased from 22.1% in 2005 to 30.2% in 2012 in cases with shockable rhythm (p for trend < 0.001). In a multivariate analysis, adults, male gender, shockable rhythm, presumed cardiac origin, and year were associated with a better neurological outcome. Conclusions: In this population, the proportion of one-month survival with neurologically favorable outcome among OHCA patients witnessed by EMS personnel significantly improved during the study period.
AB - Abstract: Objective: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) witnessed by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel has been insufficiently understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate temporal trends in survival after EMS-witnessed OHCAs in Japan. Methods: A nationwide, population-based, observational cohort study of consecutive adult OHCA patients with emergency responder resuscitation attempts from January 2005 to December 2012 in Japan. We assessed the trends in annual incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of OHCA patients witnessed by EMS personnel. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors that were potentially associated with neurologically favorable outcome defined as cerebral performance category scale 1or 2. Results: During the study period, a total of 66,760 EMS-witnessed OHCAs were documented. The annual incidence rates per 100,000 persons of EMS-witnessed OHCA patients increased from 4.6 (n = 7219) in 2005 to 4.9 (n = 9256) in 2012 (p for trend = 0.035). The proportion of one-month survival with neurologically favorable outcome improved from 5.9% in 2005 to 8.6% in 2012 (p for trend < 0.001), and the proportion increased from 22.1% in 2005 to 30.2% in 2012 in cases with shockable rhythm (p for trend < 0.001). In a multivariate analysis, adults, male gender, shockable rhythm, presumed cardiac origin, and year were associated with a better neurological outcome. Conclusions: In this population, the proportion of one-month survival with neurologically favorable outcome among OHCA patients witnessed by EMS personnel significantly improved during the study period.
KW - cardiac arrest
KW - cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - emergency medical services
KW - outcome
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U2 - 10.3109/10903127.2015.1115931
DO - 10.3109/10903127.2015.1115931
M3 - Article
C2 - 26852940
AN - SCOPUS:84958051940
SN - 1090-3127
VL - 20
SP - 477
EP - 484
JO - Prehospital Emergency Care
JF - Prehospital Emergency Care
IS - 4
ER -