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  1. Ho AFW, Hao Y, Pek PP, Shahidah N, Yap S, Ng YY, et al.
    Medicine (Baltimore), 2019 Mar;98(10):e14611.
    PMID: 30855446 DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014611
    Studies are divided on the effect of day-night temporal differences on clinical outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study aimed to elucidate any differences in OHCA survival between day and night occurrence, and the factors associated with differences in survival.This was a prospective, observational study of OHCA cases across multinational Pan-Asian sites. Cases were divided according to time call received by dispatch centers into day (0700H-1900H) and night (1900H-0659H). Primary outcome was 30-day survival. Secondary outcomes were prehospital and hospital modifiable resuscitative characteristics.About 22,501 out of 55,881 cases occurred at night. Night cases were less likely to be witnessed (40.2% vs. 43.1%, P 
    Matched MeSH terms: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/epidemiology*
  2. Embong H, Md Isa SA, Harunarashid H, Abd Samat AH
    Australas Emerg Care, 2021 Jun;24(2):84-88.
    PMID: 32847734 DOI: 10.1016/j.auec.2020.08.001
    BACKGROUND: There is high variability among clinicians' decision of appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) duration before deciding for termination of resuscitation. This study attempted to investigate factors associated with the decision to prolong resuscitation attempts in cardiac arrest patients treated in an emergencydepartment (ED).

    METHODS: A retrospective study that evaluated two years of mortality registry starting in 2015 was conducted in the ED of University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Adult out-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients treated in the ED were included. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was utilized for the exploration of factors associated with prolonged CPR attempts (> 30min).

    RESULTS: The median CPR duration was 24min (range 2-68min). Four variables were independently associated with prolonged CPR attempts: younger age (OR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.95-0.99; p<0.001), pre-existing heart disease (OR, 1.97; 95% CI, 1.07-3.65; p=0.031), occurrence of transient return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) (OR, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.05-5.36; p=0.037), and access to the ED by nonemergency medical services (EMS) transport (OR, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.09-3.37; p=0.024).

    CONCLUSION: Patient-related and access-related factors were associated with prolonged CPR attempts among OHCA patients resuscitated in the ED.

    Matched MeSH terms: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/epidemiology
  3. Kim TH, Lee K, Shin SD, Ro YS, Tanaka H, Yap S, et al.
    J Emerg Med, 2017 Nov;53(5):688-696.e1.
    PMID: 29128033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.08.076
    BACKGROUND: Response time interval (RTI) and scene time interval (STI) are key time variables in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases treated and transported via emergency medical services (EMS).

    OBJECTIVE: We evaluated distribution and interactive association of RTI and STI with survival outcomes of OHCA in four Asian metropolitan cities.

    METHODS: An OHCA cohort from Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcome Study (PAROS) conducted between January 2009 and December 2011 was analyzed. Adult EMS-treated cardiac arrests with presumed cardiac origin were included. A multivariable logistic regression model with an interaction term was used to evaluate the effect of STI according to different RTI categories on survival outcomes. Risk-adjusted predicted rates of survival outcomes were calculated and compared with observed rate.

    RESULTS: A total of 16,974 OHCA cases were analyzed after serial exclusion. Median RTI was 6.0 min (interquartile range [IQR] 5.0-8.0 min) and median STI was 12.0 min (IQR 8.0-16.1). The prolonged STI in the longest RTI group was associated with a lower rate of survival to discharge or of survival 30 days after arrest (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.59; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.42-0.81), as well as a poorer neurologic outcome (aOR 0.63; 95% CI 0.41-0.97) without an increasing chance of prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (aOR 1.12; 95% CI 0.88-1.45).

    CONCLUSIONS: Prolonged STI in OHCA with a delayed response time had a negative association with survival outcomes in four Asian metropolitan cities using the scoop-and-run EMS model. Establishing an optimal STI based on the response time could be considered.

    Matched MeSH terms: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/epidemiology
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