Sex Disparities in Resuscitation Quality Following Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024-06-27 · Observational study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Women are known to be disadvantaged compared with men in the early links of the Chain of Survival, receiving fewer bystander interventions. We aimed to describe sex-based disparities in emergency medical service resuscitation quality and processes of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS AND RESULTS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who were nontraumatic with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest aged ≥16 years where resuscitation was attempted between March 2019 and June 2023. We investigated 18 routinely captured performance metrics and performed adjusted logistic and quantile regression analyses to assess sex-based differences in these metrics. During the study period, 10 161 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest met the eligibility criteria, of whom 3216 (32%) were women. There were no clinically relevant sex-based differences observed in regard to external cardiac compressions; however, women were 34% less likely to achieve a systolic blood pressure >100 mm Hg on arrival at the hospital (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.66 [95% CI, 0.47-0.92]). Furthermore, women had a longer time to 12-lead ECG acquisition after return of spontaneous circulation (median adjusted difference, 1.00 minute [95% CI, 0.38-1.62]) and 33% reduced odds of being transported to a 24-hour percutaneous coronary intervention-capable facility (AOR, 0.67 [95% CI, 0.49-0.91]). Resuscitation was also terminated sooner for women compared with men (median adjusted difference, -4.82 minutes [95% CI, -6.77 to -2.87]). CONCLUSIONS: Although external cardiac compression quality did not vary by sex, significant sex-based disparities were seen in emergency medical services processes of care following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Further investigation is required to elucidate the underlying causes of these differences and examine their influence on patient outcomes.
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Mechanical CPR · Mortality & survival · Sex & gender · Time intervals
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