Etiology of Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bhutan: A Prospective Cohort Study
Ugyen Rinzin, Yeshey Dorjey, Chimi Rinzin, Tsheten Wangchuk, Shashank Kaushik · 2026
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Ugyen Rinzin and colleagues report, in 2026, a prospective study of why people's hearts stopped before they reached hospital in Bhutan. Death rates after such arrests are high, and in low-resource settings the cause often stays unknown for lack of tests or post-mortem study.
From August 2023 to July 2024, the team followed every out-of-hospital cardiac arrest case brought to the emergency department of the national referral hospital until discharge, death, or the study end. Of 110 patients, most were men and most arrests occurred outside hospital care. Emergency doctors and policy makers in similar settings gain rare prospective cause data that can guide prevention, from heart disease care to faster community response.
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| CREATOR | Ugyen Rinzin, Yeshey Dorjey, Chimi Rinzin, Tsheten Wangchuk, Shashank Kaushik |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37367 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |