CompletedNot Applicable

Accidental Hypothermia in Drowning-related OHCA

Denmark119 participantsStarted 2023-10-01

Plain-language summary

This study aims to report mortality and neurological outcome 180 days after drowning incident in patients with accidental hypothermia vs normothermia following drowning-related OHCA in Denmark during a six-year period from 2016-2021.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria - Drowning persons with: * OHCA registered in the DCAR from 2016-2021. * An in-hospital temperature measurement (using any probe) within 6 hours after hospital admission. Exclusion Criteria - Drowning persons will be excluded if: * They have obvious signs of irreversible death (decapitation, decomposition, post-mortem lividity, post-mortem rigidity). * They are declared dead on scene. * They have a valid Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation order or other code status orders limiting life-sustaining therapies. * They do not have a valid civil registration number. * They do not have a valid in-hospital temperature measurement (any probe within 6 hours after hospital admission).

What they're measuring

Survival or poor neurological outcome

Timeframe: 180 days after drowning incident.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05908630

SponsorPrehospital Center, Region Zealand

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2024-03-01

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