Epidemiology of paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Ontario, Canada

There are no Canadian epidemiological studies of Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (POHCA) for ≥20 years. Understanding the epidemiology of POHCA is key to prevention, education, and management strategies. We applied a validated algorithm to hospital administrative databases to describe paed...

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Published in:Resuscitation plus 2023-09, Vol.15, p.100442-100442, Article 100442
Main Authors: Tijssen, Janice A., McClean, Marisha, Lam, Melody, Le, Britney, To, Teresa
Format: Article
Language:English
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Clinical Paper
Epidemiology
Outcomes
Paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Sociodemographic factors
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Summary:There are no Canadian epidemiological studies of Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (POHCA) for ≥20 years. Understanding the epidemiology of POHCA is key to prevention, education, and management strategies. We applied a validated algorithm to hospital administrative databases to describe paediatric (age 1 day to ≤18 years) atraumatic OHCA in Ontario from 2004–2020. The cohort included 1,839 paediatric patients with atraumatic POHCA occurring at a median (IQR) age of 2 (0–12) years with 721 (39.2%) POHCA events in
ISSN:2666-5204
2666-5204
DOI:10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100442