Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in apparently healthy adults younger than 40 years occurs at a rate of 4 to 14 per 100,000 person-years globally. In the US, only about 10% of the estimated 350,000 to 450,000 annual cases survive. Among these young adults, around 60% die before reaching medical care, while 9% to 16% survive to hospital discharge,…
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