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Letter to the Editor, regarding the article "German Cardiac arrest Registry: rationale and design of G-CAR"

Letter to the Editor, regarding the article "German Cardiac arrest Registry: rationale and design... Clinical Research in Cardiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02130-y LE T TER TO  THE   EDITORS Letter to the Editor, regarding the article "German Cardiac arrest Registry: rationale and design of G‑CAR" 1,2,3 1,2,3,4 3,5,6 3,7 1,2,3 Jan‑Thorsten Gräsner  · Jan Wnent  · Andreas Bohn  · Berthold Bein  · Stephan Seewald  · 1,3 3,8 3,9 Patrick Ristau  · Sigrid Brenner  · Matthias Fischer Received: 31 October 2022 / Accepted: 21 November 2022 © The Author(s) 2023 Sirs: arrest as of August 9, 2022. As a prospective registry, it includes preclinical, clinical, and post-clinical variables We agree with Pöss et al. [1] that proper documentation of as well as treatment by medical emergency teams after in- patients suffering from cardiac arrest is key to improving hospital cardiac arrest. In total, the GRR includes more than outcomes. Therefore, the German Resuscitation Registry 400,000 datasets from OHCA, IHCA, and in-hospital emer- (GRR) was established some 15 years ago. Unfortunately, gency treatment, respectively. Using the search term "ger- the authors fail to adequately describe the scope, goals, man resuscitation registry" in the title and abstract search, and scientific achievements of the widely implemented and more than 35 publications can be found in PUBMED and established GRR. more than 200 on the webpage www. reani matio nsreg ister. First: The “German Resuscitation Registry” exists since de to date. 2007 and is the largest registry in Germany and one of the Second: Since 2016, annual reports on out-of-hospital largest registries in Europe covering the treatment of patients cardiac arrests in Germany including resuscitation incidence with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). It includes and discharge rate with good neurological recovery accord- 164,750 patients with treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac ing to the resuscitation guidelines have been published and made publicly available. In particular, we refer to the reports of the German Cardiac Arrest Centres, which are available An author‘s reply to this comment is available at: https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00392- 022- 02131-x. This comment refers to the article since 2019, and report on diagnostics and therapy per- available at: https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00392- 022- 02044-9. formed within the hospital as well as on long-term patients’ outcome. * Jan-Thorsten Gräsner Third, Pöss et al. claim that G-CAR is the first national jan-thorsten.graesner@uksh.de registry including a long-term follow-up for OHCA patients. Institute for Emergency Medicine, University Hospital However, the German Resuscitation Registry provides dis- Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany charge and 1-year survival rates as well as neurological Department for Anaesthesiology, University Hospital recovery using CPC and mRS status already since 2007. In Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany addition, quality of life after the event can be documented German Resuscitation Registry, C/O DGAI, Nuremberg, in the form of the EQ-5D or the SF-12 [2–5]. Germany School of Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt Namibia DEAL. Fire Department, City of Münster, Münster, Germany Data availability Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain datasets were generated or analyzed for this letter to the editor. Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Department for Anaesthesiology, Asklepios Hospital Declarations Hamburg St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany Department for Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Conflict of interest All authors are members of the steering committee Dresden, Dresden, Germany of the German Resuscitation registry. The authors declare that they 9 have no financial conflict of interest. Department for Anesthesiology, ALB-FILS Hosptial, Göppingen, Germany Vol.:(0123456789) 1 3 Clinical Research in Cardiology Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attri- 2. Seewald S, Wnent J, Lefering R, Fischer M, Bohn A, Jantzen bution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adapta- T, Brenner S, Masterson S, Bein B, Scholz J, Gräsner JT (2020) tion, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long CaRdiac Arrest Survival Score (CRASS)—a tool to predict good as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac. Resuscitation. provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes https:// doi. org/ 10. 1016/j. resus citat ion. 2019. 10. 036 were made. The images or other third party material in this article are 3. Gräsner JT, Meybohm P, Lefering R, Wnent J, Bahr J, Messelken included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated M, Jantzen T, Franz R, Scholz J, Schleppers A, Böttiger BW, Bein otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in B, Fischer M (2011) ROSC after cardiac arrest–the RACA score the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not to predict outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Eur Heart permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will J 32(13):1649–56. https:// doi. org/ 10. 1093/ eurhe artj/ ehr107 need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a 4. Fischer M, Wnent J, Gräsner J-T, Seewald S, Brenner S, Bein copy of this licence, visit http://cr eativ ecommons. or g/licen ses/ b y/4.0/ . B, Ristau P, Bohn A, Die teilnehmenden Rettungsdienste im Deutschen Reanimationsregister (2022) Jahresbericht des Deutschen Reanimationsregisters Außerklinische Reanimation 2021. Anästh Intensivmed 63:V116–V122 References 5. Seewald S, Brenner S, Fischer M, Gräsner J-T, Wnent J, Ristau P, Bein B, Die teilnehmenden Klinikenim Deutschen Reanima- 1. Pöss J, Sinning C, Schreiner I et al (2022) German Cardiac Arrest tionsregister (2022) Jahresbericht des Deutschen Reanimation- Registry: rationale and design of G-CAR. Clin Res Cardiol https:// sregisters Innerklinische Reanimation 2021. Anästh Intensivmed doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00392- 022- 02044-9 63:V146–V150 1 3 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Clinical Research in Cardiology Springer Journals

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Clinical Research in Cardiology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02130-y LE T TER TO  THE   EDITORS Letter to the Editor, regarding the article "German Cardiac arrest Registry: rationale and design of G‑CAR" 1,2,3 1,2,3,4 3,5,6 3,7 1,2,3 Jan‑Thorsten Gräsner  · Jan Wnent  · Andreas Bohn  · Berthold Bein  · Stephan Seewald  · 1,3 3,8 3,9 Patrick Ristau  · Sigrid Brenner  · Matthias Fischer Received: 31 October 2022 / Accepted: 21 November 2022 © The Author(s) 2023 Sirs: arrest as of August 9, 2022. As a prospective registry, it includes preclinical, clinical, and post-clinical variables We agree with Pöss et al. [1] that proper documentation of as well as treatment by medical emergency teams after in- patients suffering from cardiac arrest is key to improving hospital cardiac arrest. In total, the GRR includes more than outcomes. Therefore, the German Resuscitation Registry 400,000 datasets from OHCA, IHCA, and in-hospital emer- (GRR) was established some 15 years ago. Unfortunately, gency treatment, respectively. Using the search term "ger- the authors fail to adequately describe the scope, goals, man resuscitation registry" in the title and abstract search, and scientific achievements of the widely implemented and more than 35 publications can be found in PUBMED and established GRR. more than 200 on the webpage www. reani matio nsreg ister. First: The “German Resuscitation Registry” exists since de to date. 2007 and is the largest registry in Germany and one of the Second: Since 2016, annual reports on out-of-hospital largest registries in Europe covering the treatment of patients cardiac arrests in Germany including resuscitation incidence with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). It includes and discharge rate with good neurological recovery accord- 164,750 patients with treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac ing to the resuscitation guidelines have been published and made publicly available. In particular, we refer to the reports of the German Cardiac Arrest Centres, which are available An author‘s reply to this comment is available at: https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00392- 022- 02131-x. This comment refers to the article since 2019, and report on diagnostics and therapy per- available at: https:// doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00392- 022- 02044-9. formed within the hospital as well as on long-term patients’ outcome. * Jan-Thorsten Gräsner Third, Pöss et al. claim that G-CAR is the first national jan-thorsten.graesner@uksh.de registry including a long-term follow-up for OHCA patients. Institute for Emergency Medicine, University Hospital However, the German Resuscitation Registry provides dis- Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany charge and 1-year survival rates as well as neurological Department for Anaesthesiology, University Hospital recovery using CPC and mRS status already since 2007. In Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany addition, quality of life after the event can be documented German Resuscitation Registry, C/O DGAI, Nuremberg, in the form of the EQ-5D or the SF-12 [2–5]. Germany School of Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt Namibia DEAL. Fire Department, City of Münster, Münster, Germany Data availability Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain datasets were generated or analyzed for this letter to the editor. Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Department for Anaesthesiology, Asklepios Hospital Declarations Hamburg St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany Department for Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Conflict of interest All authors are members of the steering committee Dresden, Dresden, Germany of the German Resuscitation registry. The authors declare that they 9 have no financial conflict of interest. Department for Anesthesiology, ALB-FILS Hosptial, Göppingen, Germany Vol.:(0123456789) 1 3 Clinical Research in Cardiology Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attri- 2. Seewald S, Wnent J, Lefering R, Fischer M, Bohn A, Jantzen bution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adapta- T, Brenner S, Masterson S, Bein B, Scholz J, Gräsner JT (2020) tion, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long CaRdiac Arrest Survival Score (CRASS)—a tool to predict good as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac. Resuscitation. provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes https:// doi. org/ 10. 1016/j. resus citat ion. 2019. 10. 036 were made. The images or other third party material in this article are 3. Gräsner JT, Meybohm P, Lefering R, Wnent J, Bahr J, Messelken included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated M, Jantzen T, Franz R, Scholz J, Schleppers A, Böttiger BW, Bein otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in B, Fischer M (2011) ROSC after cardiac arrest–the RACA score the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not to predict outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Eur Heart permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will J 32(13):1649–56. https:// doi. org/ 10. 1093/ eurhe artj/ ehr107 need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a 4. Fischer M, Wnent J, Gräsner J-T, Seewald S, Brenner S, Bein copy of this licence, visit http://cr eativ ecommons. or g/licen ses/ b y/4.0/ . B, Ristau P, Bohn A, Die teilnehmenden Rettungsdienste im Deutschen Reanimationsregister (2022) Jahresbericht des Deutschen Reanimationsregisters Außerklinische Reanimation 2021. Anästh Intensivmed 63:V116–V122 References 5. Seewald S, Brenner S, Fischer M, Gräsner J-T, Wnent J, Ristau P, Bein B, Die teilnehmenden Klinikenim Deutschen Reanima- 1. Pöss J, Sinning C, Schreiner I et al (2022) German Cardiac Arrest tionsregister (2022) Jahresbericht des Deutschen Reanimation- Registry: rationale and design of G-CAR. Clin Res Cardiol https:// sregisters Innerklinische Reanimation 2021. Anästh Intensivmed doi. org/ 10. 1007/ s00392- 022- 02044-9 63:V146–V150 1 3

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