Authors
Paul S Chan, Saket Girotra, Yuanyuan Tang, Rabab Al-Araji, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, Bryan McNally
Publication date
2021/3/1
Journal
JAMA cardiology
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
296-303
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Importance
Recent reports from communities severely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic found lower rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Whether the pandemic has affected OHCA outcomes more broadly is unknown.
Objective
To assess the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and OHCA outcomes, including in areas with low and moderate COVID-19 disease burden.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This study used a large US registry of OHCAs to compare outcomes during the pandemic period of March 16 through April 30, 2020, with those from March 16 through April 30, 2019. Cases were geocoded to US counties, and the COVID-19 mortality rate in each county was categorized as very low (0-25 per million residents), low (26-100 per million residents), moderate (101-250 per million residents), high (251 …
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