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Public access defibrillation improved the outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in school-age children: a nationwide, population-based, Utstein registry study in Japan.

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Aims

The purpose of this study was to determine whether implementation of public access defibrillation (PAD) improves the outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in school-age children at national level.

Methods and results

We conducted a prospective, nationwide, population-based Japanese Utstein registry study of consecutive OHCA cases in elementary and middle school children (7-15 years of age) who had a bystander-witnessed arrest of presumed cardiac origin during 2005-09 and received pre-hospital resuscitation by emergency responders. The primary endpoint was a favourable neurological outcome 1 month after an arrest. Among 230 eligible patients enrolled, 128 had ventricular fibrillation (VF) as an initial rhythm. Among these 128 patients, 29 (23%) children received a first shock by a bystander. Among these 29 patients, the proportion of the favourable neurological outcome after OHCA was 55%. During the study period, the proportion of patients initially shocked by a bystander among eligible patients increased from 2 to 21% (P = 0.002 for trend). The proportion of patients with a favourable neurological outcome after OHCA increased from 12 to 36% overall (P = 0.006). The collapse to defibrillation time was shorter in bystander-initiated defibrillation when compared with defibrillation by emergency responders (3.3 ± 3.7 vs. 12.9 ± 5.8 min, P < 0.001), and was independently associated with a favourable neurological outcome after OHCA [P = 0.03, odds ratio (OR) per 1 min increase, 0.90 (95% confidence interval 0.82-0.99)]. A non-family member's witness was independently associated with VF as the initial rhythm [P < 0.001, OR 4.03 (2.08-7.80)].

Conclusion

Implementation of PAD improved the outcome after OHCA in school-age children at national level in Japan.

SUBMITTER: Mitani Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3753060 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Public access defibrillation improved the outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in school-age children: a nationwide, population-based, Utstein registry study in Japan.

Mitani Yoshihide Y Ohta Kunio K Yodoya Noriko N Otsuki Shoichiro S Ohashi Hiroyuki H Sawada Hirofumi H Nagashima Masami M Sumitomo Naokata N Komada Yoshihiro Y

Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 20130419 9

<h4>Aims</h4>The purpose of this study was to determine whether implementation of public access defibrillation (PAD) improves the outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in school-age children at national level.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We conducted a prospective, nationwide, population-based Japanese Utstein registry study of consecutive OHCA cases in elementary and middle school children (7-15 years of age) who had a bystander-witnessed arrest of presumed cardiac origin during 20 ...[more]

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Public access defibrillation improved the outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in school-age children: a nationwide, population-based, Utstein registry study in Japan.

Aims

Methods and results

Conclusion

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Public access defibrillation improved the outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in school-age children: a nationwide, population-based, Utstein registry study in Japan.

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