Review article

Epidemiology of cardiac arrest outside and inside hospital Experiences from registries in Sweden

Johan Herlitz ; Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Solveig Aune ; Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Andreas Claesson ; Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Leif Svensson ; Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden

Abstract

Cardiac arrest is a dramatic condition leading to sudden death if someone cannot perform two interventions, basic life support
and early defibrillation, that have been proved to improve long-term survival. The ‘Utstein style’, recently introduced,
represents a standard of practice both inside and outside hospital with recommended guidelines for the uniform reporting
of clinical data from the patient suffering cardiac arrest. In Sweden the vast majority of patients suffering from cardiac arrest
regardless whether inside or outside hospital are included in webbased national registers (one for out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest (OHCA) and one for in-hospital-cardiac arrest (IHCA)). In this article we will present our experiences from OHCA and
IHCA separately.

Keywords

cardiac arrest outside and inside hospital; epidemiology; The Swedish register; survival; cerebral function

Hrčak ID:

59436

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59436

Publication date:

1.9.2010.

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