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. 2021 Apr:161:61-79.
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.007. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Epidemiology of cardiac arrest in Europe

Jan-Thorsten Gräsner  1 , Johan Herlitz  2 , Ingvild B M Tjelmeland  3 , Jan Wnent  4 , Siobhan Masterson  5 , Gisela Lilja  6 , Berthold Bein  7 , Bernd W Böttiger  8 , Fernando Rosell-Ortiz  9 , Jerry P Nolan  10 , Leo Bossaert  11 , Gavin D Perkins  12
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European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Epidemiology of cardiac arrest in Europe

Jan-Thorsten Gräsner et al. Resuscitation. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

In this section of the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021, key information on the epidemiology and outcome of in and out of hospital cardiac arrest are presented. Key contributions from the European Registry of Cardiac Arrest (EuReCa) collaboration are highlighted. Recommendations are presented to enable health systems to develop registries as a platform for quality improvement and to inform health system planning and responses to cardiac arrest.

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Epidemiology; Incidence of cardiac arrest.

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