Epidemiology of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Suffocation Focusing on Suffocation Due to Japanese Rice Cake: A Population-Based Observational Study From the Utstein Osaka Project

Epidemiology of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Suffocation Focusing on Suffocation Due to Japanese Rice Cake: A Population-Based Observational Study From the Utstein Osaka Project

Background: Japanese rice cake (“mochi”) is a major cause of food-choking accidents in Japan. However, the epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) due to suffocation caused by rice cakes is poorly understood. Methods: OHCA data from 2005 to 2012 were obtained from the population-base...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Kiyohara, Tomohiko Sakai, Chika Nishiyama, Tatsuya Nishiuchi, Yasuyuki Hayashi, Taku Iwami, Tetsuhisa Kitamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
Subjects:
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
suffocation
Japanese rice cake
outcome
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/28/2/28_JE20160179/_pdf

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