Emergency medical services and cardiac arrest from drug overdose: a protocol for a systematic review of incidence and survival outcomes

JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2019 Apr;17(4):500-506. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003738.

Abstract

The primary review question is: what is the global incidence rate of emergency medical services (EMS)-attended and EMS-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) precipitated by drug overdose in adults?The secondary review questions are: what proportion of adults with EMS-treated overdose OHCA: i) survived to hospital discharge or 30 days, ii) survived with intact neurological function at hospital discharge (i.e. Cerebral Performance Category or modified Rankin Scale ≤ 2), iii) achieved prehospital return of spontaneous circulation, iv) survived to hospital, and v) survived to 12 months?

Publication types

  • Systematic Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
  • Drug Overdose / complications*
  • Emergency Medical Services / organization & administration*
  • Emergency Medical Services / standards
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Observational Studies as Topic
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / chemically induced*
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / epidemiology
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
  • Prospective Studies
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survival Analysis
  • Young Adult