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Bielski K, Szarpak A, Jaguszewski MJ, Kopiec T, Smereka J, Gasecka A, Wolak P, Nowak-Starz G, Chmielewski J, Rafique Z, Peacock FW, Szarpak L. The Influence of COVID-19 on Out-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med 2021; 10:5573. [PMID: 34884289 PMCID: PMC8658174 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10235573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with poor prognosis. Because the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted mortality and morbidity, both on an individual level and the health care system as a whole, our purpose was to determine rates of OHCA survival since the onset of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the influence of COVID-19 on OHCA survival outcomes according to the PRISMA guidelines. We searched the literature using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials databases from inception to September 2021 and identified 1775 potentially relevant studies, of which thirty-one articles totaling 88,188 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods was 12.3% vs. 8.9%, respectively (OR = 1.40; 95%CI: 1.06-1.87; p < 0.001). Survival to hospital discharge in pre- vs. intra-COVID-19 periods was 11.5% vs. 8.2% (OR = 1.57; 95%CI: 1.37-1.79; p < 0.001). A similar dependency was observed in the case of survival to hospital discharge with the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) 1-2 (6.7% vs. 4.0%; OR = 1.71; 95%CI: 1.35-2.15; p < 0.001), as well as in the 30-day survival rate (9.2% vs. 6.4%; OR = 1.63; 95%CI: 1.13-2.36; p = 0.009). In conclusion, prognosis of OHCA is usually poor and even worse during COVID-19.
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Affiliation(s)
- Karol Bielski
- Research Unit, Polonia University, 4/6 Pulaskiego Str., 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland;
- Provincial Emergency Medical Service Dispatcher, 22 Poznanska, 00-685 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Outcomes Research, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, 12 Solidarnosci Av., 03-411 Warsaw, Poland;
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, 3A Sklodowskiej-Curie Str., 80-210 Gdansk, Poland;
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- First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 1A Banacha Str., 02-097 Warsaw, Poland; (T.K.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, 6 Bartla Str., 52-443 Wroclaw, Poland;
- Research Unit, Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, P.O. Box 78, Raszyn, 05-090 Warsaw, Poland
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- First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 1A Banacha Str., 02-097 Warsaw, Poland; (T.K.); (A.G.)
| | - Przemysław Wolak
- Institute of Medicine, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, 5 Zeromskiego Str., 25-369 Kielce, Poland;
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, 5 Zeromskiego Str., 25-369 Kielce, Poland;
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Ben Taub Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (Z.R.); (F.W.P.)
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Ben Taub Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (Z.R.); (F.W.P.)
| | - Lukasz Szarpak
- Institute of Medicine, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, 5 Zeromskiego Str., 25-369 Kielce, Poland;
- Research Unit, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bialystok Oncology Center, 12 Ogrodowa Str., 15-027 Bialystok, Poland
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