• Valentine Baert, Christian Vilhelm, Joséphine Escutnaire, Jean-Baptiste Marc, Eric Wiel, Karim Tazarourte, Patrick Goldstein, KhouryCarlos ElCEHealth Services and Performance Research, HESPER, EA7425, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.Emergency Department and RESCUe Network, Lucien Hussel Hospital, Vienne, France., Hervé Hubert, Michaël Génin, and on behalf GR-RéAC.
• Univ. Lille, ULR 2694 - METRICS: Évaluation des technologies de santé et despratiques médicales, F-59000 Lille, France.
• J Eval Clin Pract. 2021 Feb 1; 27 (1): 84-92.

Rationale, Aims, And ObjectivesThe human body is regulated by intrinsic factors which follow a 24-hour biological clock. Implications of a circadian rhythm in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are studied but the literature is not consistent. The main objective of our study was to identify temporal cluster of high or low incidence of OHCA occurrence during a day.MethodsMulticentre comparative study based on the French national OHCA registry data between 2013 and 2017. After describing the population, the detection of significant temporal clusters of OHCA incidence was achieved using temporal scan statistics based on a Poisson model adjusted for age and gender. Then, comparisons between identified patients clusters and the rest of the population were performed.ResultsDuring the study, 37 163 medical OHCA victims were included. The temporal scan revealed a significant 3-hour high incidence temporal cluster between 8:00 am and 10:59 am (Relative R = 1.76, P < .001). In the identified cluster, OHCA occurred more out of the home with fewer witnesses, and advanced life support was less attempted in the cluster. No difference was observed on the return of spontaneous circulation, survival at hospital admission, and survival 30 days after the OHCA or at hospital discharge.ConclusionsWe observed a three-hour morning high incidence peak of OHCA. This high incidence could be explained by different physiological changes in the morning. These changes are well known and the evidence of a morning peak of cardiovascular disease should enable medical teams to adapt care strategy and hospital organization.© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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