Journal article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of dispatcher-assisted CPR on outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest in adults and children
N Nikolaou, KN Dainty, K Couper, P Morley, J Tijssen, C Vaillancourt, T Olasveegen, MB Mancini, A Travers, B Løfgren, C Nishiyama, D Stanton, G Ristagno, J Considine, M Castren, M Smyth, P Kudenchuk, R Escalante, R Gazmuri, S Brooks Show all
Resuscitation | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) has been reported in individual studies to significantly increase the rate of bystander CPR and survival from cardiac arrest. Methods: We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the impact of DA-CPR programs on key clinical outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We searched the PubMED, EMBASE, CINAHL, ERIC and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases from inception until July 2018. Eligible studies compared systems with and without dispatcher-assisted CPR programs. The results of included studies were classified into 3 categories for the purposes of more accurate analysis: c..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This Systematic Review was funded by the American Heart Association, on behalf of The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). The following authors received payment from this funding source to complete this systematic review: Nikolaos Nikolaou as Expert Systematic Reviewer and David Lightfoot as Information Services, St Michael's Hospital CV has received peer-reviewed funding to study the topic of Dispatcher-Assisted CPR from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada (CANet). KC is supported by an NIHR post-doctoral research fellowship award. KND is supported by a Research Chair from North York General Hospital