Cochrane · systematic review · CD009803
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) plus delayed defibrillation versus immediate defibrillation for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest
Huang, Y, He, Q, Yang, LJ, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
Emergency and Critical CareAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
CPR plus delayed defibrillation versus immediate defibrillation: overall analysis
Population: patients with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Survival to hospital discharge rate CPR plus delayed defibrillation vs immediate defibrillation: overall analysis | RR 1.09 [0.54, 2.2] | 3 studies · 658 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Neurological outcome at hospital discharge rate of good recovery CPR plus delayed defibrillation vs immediate defibrillation: overall analysis | RR 1.12 [0.65, 1.93] | 3 studies · 2834 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
ROSC rate CPR plus delayed defibrillation vs immediate defibrillation: overall analysis | RR 0.94 [0.77, 1.15] | 3 studies · 658 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Survival at 1 year rate CPR plus delayed defibrillation vs immediate defibrillation: overall analysis | RR 0.77 [0.24, 2.49] | 2 studies · 456 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |