COVID-19 and reduced bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A thanatophobic attitude leading to increased deaths from cardiac arrest?

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2023 Jan;67(1):2-3. doi: 10.1111/aas.14151. Epub 2022 Oct 2.

Authors

Giovanni Babini¹, Giuseppe Ristagno^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; bystander CPR; cardiac arrest.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Emergency Medical Services*
Heart Arrest* / therapy
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy