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SUBMITTER: Fukuda T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4998750 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fukuda Tatsuma T Ohashi-Fukuda Naoko N Kondo Yutaka Y Sera Toshiki T Doi Kent K Yahagi Naoki N
Medicine 20160401 14
Limited information is available regarding stroke-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We aimed to assess the clinical characteristics of stroke-related OHCA and to identify the factors associated with patient outcomes.We conducted a nationwide population-based study of adult OHCA patients in Japan from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2009. We examined the epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes of stroke-related OHCA compared with cardiogenic OHCA. The primary outcome was neurologica ...[more]