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

Number: 4 December 1, 2020
  • Mehmet Ali Aslaner
  • Necmi Baykan
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Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Cases: a Secondary Care Emergency Department Experience

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

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Mehmet Ali Aslaner

Necmi Baykan

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December 1, 2020

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Year 2020 Number: 4

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Aslaner MA, Baykan N (December 1, 2020) Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Cases: a Secondary Care Emergency Department Experience. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 4 719–723.