• Clin Med (Lond) · Jan 2024

    Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the frail and those with multiple health conditions: Outcomes before and during the COVID pandemic.

    • Aled Lloyd, Elin Thomas, Julia Scaife, and Nicky Leopold.
    • Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK. Electronic address: aled.lloyd@doctors.org.uk.
    • Clin Med (Lond). 2024 Jan 1; 24 (1): 100001100001.

    AbstractCoronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)-era resuscitation guidelines advised personal protective equipment before chest compressions and proactive advanced care planning. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) outcomes according to scoring of frailty and of multiple health conditions. A retrospective single-centre analysis of clinical and electronic records for all adult cardiac arrest calls on wards between June 2020 and June 2021 was performed. Data were compared with a cohort pre-COVID (March 2017-March 2018). In total, 62 patients received CPR in 2020-21 compared with 113 in 2017-18. Similar rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and a statistically insignificant survival increase from 23.8% to 32.2% (p=0.210). There were linear relationships between Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) or Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and diminished survival in the pooled data (both p<0.001). Both increasing frailty (measured by CFS) and comorbidity (measured by CCI) were associated with reduced survival from CPR. However, survival and ROSC during COVID-19 were no worse than before the pandemic.Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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