Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ
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Scand. Cardiovasc. J. · Oct 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyComorbidity burden is not associated with higher mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
We investigated whether comorbidity burden of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) affects outcome and if comorbidity modifies the effect of target temperature management (TTM) on final outcome. ⋯ Comorbidity burden was associated with higher mortality following OHCA, but when adjusting for confounders, the influence was no longer significant. The association between mCI and mortality was not modified by TTM. Comorbidity burden is associated with lower rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation after OHCA.