Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
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Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med · Apr 2019
Multicenter StudyEpidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A French national incidence and mid-term survival rate study.
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. ⋯ Survival rates at 30 days was 4.9% [4.4; 5.4] and increased to 10.4% [9.1; 11.7] when resuscitation was immediately performed by bystander at patient's collapse. The incidence and survival at 30 days of OHCA in France appeared similar to that reported in other European countries. Compared to other causes of deaths in France, OHCA is one of the most frequent causes, regardless of the initial pathology.