Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic in Paris, France: a population-based, observational study
Prof Eloi Marijon, MD †
Nicole Karam, MD †
Daniel Jost, MD
David Perrot, MD
Benoit Frattini, MD
Clément Derkenne, MD
et al.
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Open AccessPublished:May 27, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30117-1
Summary
Background
Although mortality due to COVID-19 is, for the most part, robustly tracked, its indirect effect at the population level through lockdown, lifestyle changes, and reorganisation of health-care systems has not been evaluated. We aimed to assess the incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in an urban region during the pandemic, compared with non-pandemic periods.
Methods
We did a population-based, observational study using data for non-traumatic OHCA (N=30?768), systematically collected since May 15, 2011, in Paris and its suburbs, France, using the Paris Fire Brigade database, together with in-hospital data. We evaluated OHCA incidence and outcomes over a 6-week period during the pandemic in adult inhabitants of the study area.