Abstract
The relationship between post-hospital arrival factors and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes remains unclear. This study assessed the impact of post-hospital arrival factors on OHCA outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic using a prediction model. In this cohort study, data from the All-Japan Utstein Registry, a nationwide population-based database, between 2015 and 2021 were used. A total of 541,781 patients older than 18 years old who experienced OHCA of cardiac origin were included. The primary exposure was trends in COVID-19 cases. The study compared the predicted proportion of favorable neurologic outcomes 1 month after resuscitation with the actual outcomes. Neurologic outcomes were categorized based on the Cerebral Performance Category score (1, good cerebral function; 2, moderate cerebral function). The prediction model, which had an area under the curve of 0.96, closely matched actual outcomes in 2019. However, a significant discrepancy emerged after the pandemic began in 2020, where outcomes continued to deteriorate as the virus spread, exacerbated by both pre- and post-hospital arrival factors. Post-hospital arrival factors were as important as pre-hospital factors in adversely affecting the prognosis of patients following OHCA during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that the overall response of the healthcare system needs to be improved during infectious disease outbreaks to improve outcomes.
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