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Small area variations in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: does the neighborhood matter?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20516307     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary widely across cities. It is unknown whether similar differences exist at the neighborhood level. OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which neighborhoods have persistently high rates of cardiac arrest but low rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). DESIGN: Multilevel Poisson regression of 1108 cardiac arrests from 161 census tracts as captured by the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES). SETTING: Fulton County, Georgia, between 1 October 2005 to 30 November 2008. MEASUREMENTS: Incidence of cardiac arrest, by census tract and year and by rates of bystander CPR. RESULTS: Adjusted rates of cardiac arrest varied across neighborhoods (interquartile range [IQR], 0.57 to 0.73 per 1000 persons; mean, 0.64 per 1000 persons [SD, 0.11]) but were stable from year to year (intraclass correlation, 0.36 [95% CI, 0.26 to 0.50]; P < 0.001). Adjusted bystander CPR rates also varied by census tract (IQR, 19% to 29%; mean, 25% [SD, 10%]). LIMITATION: Analysis was based on data from a single county. CONCLUSION: Surveillance data can identify neighborhoods with a persistently high incidence of cardiac arrest and low rates of bystander CPR. These neighborhoods are promising targets for community-based interventions. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Authors:
Comilla Sasson; Carla C Keirns; Dylan Smith; Michael Sayre; Michelle Macy; William Meurer; Bryan F McNally; Arthur L Kellermann; Theodore J Iwashyna;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.     Date:  2010-06-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of internal medicine     Volume:  153     ISSN:  1539-3704     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Intern. Med.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-12     Completed Date:  2010-08-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372351     Medline TA:  Ann Intern Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  19-22     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. comilla@umich.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Georgia / epidemiology
Heart Arrest / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Poisson Distribution
Small-Area Analysis
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
K08 HL091249/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; MM-0917-05/05//PHS HHS

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