Epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a French national incidence and mid-term survival rate study

Publication date: Available online 21 April 2018 Source:Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine Author(s): Gérald Luc, Valentine Baert, Joséphine Escutnaire, Michael Genin, Christian Vilhelm, Christophe Di Pompéo, Carlos El Khoury, Nicolas Segal, Eric Wiel, Frédéric Adnet, Karim Tazarourte, Pierre-Yves Gueugniaud, Hervé Hubert Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is considered an important public health issue but its incidence has not been examined in France. The aim of this study is to define the incidence of OHCA in France and to compare this to other neighbouring countries. Data were extracted from the French OHCA registry. Only exhaustive centres during the period from January 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014 were included. All patients were included, regardless of their age and cause of OHCA. The participating centres covered about 10% of the French population. The study involved 6918 OHCA. The median age was 68 years, with 63% of males. Paediatric population (<15 years) represented 1.8%. The global incidence of OHCA was 61.5 per 100,000 inhabitants per year in the total population corresponding to approximately 46,000 OHCA per year. In the adult population we found an incidence of 75.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. In adults, the incidences were 100.3 and 52.7 in males and females, respectively. Most (75%) OHCA occurred at home and were due to medical causes (88%). Half of medical OHCA had cardiovascular causes. Survival ra...
Source: Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research