Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a review of major studies and a proposed uniform reporting system.

Eisenberg, Mickey S.; Bergner, Lawrence; Hearne, Thomas R.

doi:10.2105/ajph.70.3.236

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“…Currently, the most common cardiac causes of peripheral arterial embolism are atrial fibrillation and mural thrombi associated with a ventricular aneurysm consequent to an ischemic event. 1 Systemic emboli are produced by a combination of mechanisms. Transmural or subendocardial infarction alters the normally smooth endocardium into a microscopically rough surface that encourages the thrombus formation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The group assembled to discuss a lack of consensus on uniform terminology and re-porting standards for outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) resuscitation research. This problem had become apparent in the preceding years, [1][2][3][4] and was hindering efforts to compare studies, develop multicenter trials, and compare different types of emergency medical services (EMS) systems.…”

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Now That We Have the Utstein Style, Are We Using It?

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Jaslow

Brabson

1999

Academic Emergency Medicine

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Abstract. Objectives: To examine the extent to which the Utstein style has been used for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) research since its publication in 1991. The style was developed in an effort to standardize OOHCA research and reporting. Methods: To locate all OOHCA research papers published between 1992 and 1997, all issues of six emergency medicine/emergency medical services (EM/ EMS) journals were examined manually, and papers from other journals were located using computerized searches. All located articles were examined by the first author to determine whether use of the Utstein style was indicated and if so, whether it had actually been used. When either of these was uncertain, all three authors reviewed the paper, and a consensus was reached. The Pearson chi-square test was used to compare rates of use from U.S. and non-U.S. institutions, and from the EM/EMS and non-EM/EMS literature, with significance set at p < 0.05. Results: All 143 OOHCA research articles identified by the search were examined. The Utstein style was found to be not applicable to 41 (29%), and these were eliminated. The Utstein style was indicated for the remaining 102 studies. Of these, 41 (40%) used the Utstein style, and 61 (60%) did not. There was no difference in rates between papers from sites in the United States (18/48, 38%) and elsewhere (23/54, 43%), or between papers from the EM/EMS literature (17/44, 39%) and non-EM/EMS literature (25/59, 42%). Despite an upward trend in the use of the Utstein style seen from 1992 to 1994, use leveled off from 1994 to 1997, and has not exceeded 60% in any given calendar year studied. Conclusions: Six years after the release of the Utstein style for OOHCA research, fewer than 60% of OOHCA research articles actually use the style.

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Now That We Have the Utstein Style, Are We Using It?

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Jaslow

Brabson

1999

Academic Emergency Medicine

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“…The first publication advocating international adoption of standardized nomenclature for outcomes from cardiac arrest originated with Eisenberg et al [3][4][5] and colleagues 6,7 more than 15 years ago. 8 Researchers and clinicians interested in EMS research and intersystem comparisons realized that all comparisons would be invalid if every system defined terms and outcomes in its own way.…”

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1999

Academic Emergency Medicine

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“…There is much controversy regarding the effectiveness of different emergency medical service (EMS) systems on out-ofhospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) because of wide variation in reported survival rates among medical centers, jurisdictions and countries [1][2][3]. This variation is considered to be attributable to difference in the types of EMS system, proportion of bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), response time intervals of EMS providers, or geography of the communities in question.…”

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The Defibrillation System of Basic Emergency Medical Technicians in Japan: A Comparison with Other Systems From a 14-Year Review of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Reports.

Sekimoto

Rahman

Noguchi

et al. 2001

Journal of Epidemiology

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Although seven years have passed after basic emergency medical technician (EMT) defibrillation system was introduced in Japan, the overall survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains poor. We investigated factors leading to such an unanticipated result in Japan by comparing the data of OHCA in Japan with those in other countries. We obtained population-based OHCA data from three communities in Japan. We also performed a comprehensive literature and manual search to identify reports that included rates for incidence and survival or provided sufficient data for the calculation of these rates of OHCA. Statistical analysis was performed to compare survival and incidence rates between the communities. We identified 36 articles from 16 countries by a comprehensive literature search. There was no significant difference in incidence and survival rates among communities in Japan. Although the incidence rate of collapse-witnessed OHCA with ventricular fibrillation (VF) was much lower in Japan than western countries, the proportions of survival from it were comparable to those. Basic-EMT defibrillation system in Japan has yielded excellent result in terms of the survival of VF cases. However, much lower proportion of VF to all cases is responsible for lower overall rates of survival from OHCA in Japan.

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a review of major studies and a proposed uniform reporting system.

Cited by 84 publications

References 26 publications

Now That We Have the Utstein Style, Are We Using It?

Now That We Have the Utstein Style, Are We Using It?

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The Defibrillation System of Basic Emergency Medical Technicians in Japan: A Comparison with Other Systems From a 14-Year Review of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Reports.

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