Sex differences in outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States

Approximately 1,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occur each day in the United States. Although sex differences exist for other cardiovascular conditions such as stroke and acute myocardial infarction, they are less well understood for OHCA. Specifically, the extent to which neurological and survival outcomes after OHCA differ between men and women remains poorly characterized in the U.S.

Source: Resuscitation - March 30, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Pavitra Kotini-Shah, Marina Del Rios, Shaveta Khosla, Oksana Pugach, Kimberly Vellano, Bryan McNally, Terry Vanden Hoek, Paul S. Chan Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research