Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Cases: a Secondary Care Emergency Department Experience

Authors : Mehmet Ali ASLANER, Necmi BAYKAN

Pages : 719-723

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Publication Date : 2020-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of the patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR in the emergency department ED .Study Design: This retrospective study was carried out in a secondary care emergency department of a state hospital between January and December 2017. Patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest OHCA aged 18 years and older were included in the study. Patients with rhythm at admission after successful resuscitation, and patients with trauma or pregnancy were excluded.Results: During the study period, 100 cases of OHCA that met the acceptance criteria were evaluated. Among all cases, the male gender was 59% n=59 and the median age was 69 IQR 58–78 . Successful resuscitation was achieved in 27% n=27 of the cases and these patients were hospitalized. Of all patients, 22 died within the first month of the presentation. In our study, only 5 patients lived more than one month. PH values were lower in the non-resuscitated patients than those of resuscitated patients p
Keywords : Resuscitation, arrest, emergency department