Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorKorean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium

About this trial

This study will evaluated the epidemiology and the outcomes of patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with presumed cardiac etiology in Korea.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

OHCA patients who were transported to participating emergency department (ED) by emergency medical service with resuscitation efforts and whose arrest was identified as a presumed cardiac etiology by emergency physicians in ED.

Disqualifiers

OHCA with terminal illness documented by medical record, under hospice care, with pregnancy, with pre-documented 'Do Not Resuscitate' card

OHCA of definite non-cardiac etiology, including trauma, drowning, poisoning, burn, asphyxia, or hanging

Trial population

EMS treated OHCA who visits study participating ED

Trial design

Design model

Case-only

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • No intervention planned

    Other intervention

    No intervention planned

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Survival at 6 month

Patients will be followed upon hospital discharge and up to 6 month.

Time frame
6 months after cardiac arrest

Secondary outcomes

1

Good neurological recovery at 6 month

Good neurological recovery: Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) 1 or 2. Patients will be followed upon hospital discharge and up to 6 month.

Time frame
6 months after cardiac arrest

Other outcomes

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