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Association of COVID-19 Infection With Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among US Adults

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Investigators ResultsThis study included 24 915 patients with IHCA from 286 hospitals who had a mean (SD) age of 64.7 (15.2) years.There were 9848 women (39.5%) and 15 066 men (60.5%), with sex missing for 1 patient.In terms of race and ethnicity, 6170 patients (24.8%) were Black, 15 223 (61.1%) were White, 949 (3.8%) were of other race or ethnicity (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, and other races and ethnicities), and 2573 (10.3%) were of unkown race or ethnicity.A suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection was present in 5916 patients (23.7%).Patients with COVID-19 were younger, more frequently men and of Black race, and more likely to have an initial + Supplemental content

Source: JAMA Network Open

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0752

Authors: Saket Girotra, Maya L. Chan, Monique Anderson Starks, Matthew Churpek, Paul S. Chan