Outcome assessment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in Singapore and Japan with initial shockable rhythm

Abstract Background Singapore and Osaka in Japan have comparable population sizes and prehospital management; however, the frequency of ECPR differs greatly for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients with initial shockable rhythm. Given this disparity, we hypothesized that the outcomes among...

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Main Authors: Yohei Okada, Nur Shahidah, Yih Yng Ng, Michael Y. C. Chia, Han Nee Gan, Benjamin S. H. Leong, Desmond R. Mao, Wei Ming Ng, Taro Irisawa, Tomoki Yamada, Tetsuro Nishimura, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Masafumi Kishimoto, Tasuku Matsuyama, Norihiro Nishioka, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taku Iwami, Marcus Eng Hock Ong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Critical Care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-023-04636-x