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Observational Study
. 2020 Nov-Dec;72(6):517-523.
doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.10.002. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Epidemiology of out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests, knowledge of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in a regional setting in India: The Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR)

Srinivas Ramaka  1 , Noreen T Nazir  2 , Vemuri S Murthy  3 , Terry Vanden Hoek  4 , Bellur S Prabhakar  5 , Ravikumar Chodavarapu  6 , Sundaresh Peri  7 , Anveshini Uppuleti  8 , Rakesh Jatoth  9 , Sindgi Vasudeva Murthy  10 , Adil Sarvar Mohammed  11 , Stevan M Weine  12
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Observational Study

Epidemiology of out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests, knowledge of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in a regional setting in India: The Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR)

Srinivas Ramaka et al. Indian Heart J. 2020 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a global public health problem. There is inadequate data on OHCA in India. The Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR) was planned to understand OHCA in a regional setting in India.

Methods: WACAR is a prospective one-year observational cohort study of OHCA in the Warangal area, Telangana, India. The study included 814 subjects of OHCA of presumed cardiac etiology brought to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital during January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018. The data collected included; standard Utstein variables with additional data on clinical characteristics (modified Utstein template).

Results: The majority of OHCA subjects were male with a median age of 60 years, and mostly occurring in residential locations within 1 h of onset of symptoms. Individuals with knowledge of CVD risk factors were more likely to report symptoms before OHCA. Data on resuscitation characteristics were inadequate.

Conclusions: The WACAR study provides baseline data regarding OHCA in a regional setting in India. The study demonstrated barriers involving data collection, patient knowledge of CVD risk factors and disease, and access to healthcare, which; impacted the data registry.

Keywords: CVD Risk factors; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; Survival outcomes; Utstein template.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest All authors have none to declare.

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Age distribution in subjects of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest-Males versus Females—Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR).
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Risk factors in subjects of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest-Warangal Area out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry (WACAR).
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