Cardiac issues

Summary

A request was made to Manx Care for statistics on cardiac arrests and atrial fibrillation admissions between 2015 and 2024, including causes and age breakdowns. The authority disclosed that all requested information was provided, detailing specific admission counts and referring to an annex for granular data on causes and demographics.

Key Facts

• Data covers patient admissions from 01 Jan 2015 to 30 April 2024, excluding private patients and archived episodes.
• There were 139 patient spells referencing cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation (ICD10 I460).
• 1,275 patient spells had atrial fibrillation as the primary diagnosis.
• 10,644 patient spells had atrial fibrillation listed as a secondary diagnosis.
• Detailed breakdowns of causes and age groups are contained in Annex 1 of the response.

Data Disclosed

• 139
• 167
• 108
• 1275
• 10644
• 01 Jan 2015
• 30 April 2024
• 2015-2024
• I460
• I480
• I489

Original Request

Hello, 1a. How many cardiac arrests with successful recuss occurred per year from 2015-2024? b. What was diagnosed as the cause of the cardiac arrest? 2. How many patients were admitted for atrial fibrillations as the primary reason for treatment per year from 2015-2024? 3. How many admitted patients had atrial fibrillation as a co-morbidity but not the main reason for treatment per year from 2015-2024? 4. Please provide the ages for each of above 3 questions. Such as age7 = 5 cardiac arrests, or alt provide age ranges such as age 5-10 = 5 occurrences per year. Thanks

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 3800571 23 May 2024

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 15 April 2024, which states:

"Hello,

1a. How many cardiac arrests with successful recuss occurred per year from 2015- 2024?
b. What was diagnosed as the cause of the cardiac arrest?
2. How many patients were admitted for atrial fibrillations as the primary reason for treatment per year from 2015-2024?
3. How many admitted patients had atrial fibrillation as a co-morbidity but not the main reason for treatment per year from 2015-2024?
4. Please provide the ages for each of above 3 questions. Such as age7 = 5 cardiac arrests, or alt
provide age ranges such as age 5-10 = 5 occurrences per year.

Thanks"

Our response to your request is as follows:

The following data is based on ADMISSIONS between 01 Jan 2015 and 30 April 2024. Numbers EXCLUDE Private patients and Archived episodes. Results below are a count of Patient Admissions (Spells) – it is not unfeasible that a Patient can be admitted more than once in this timeframe.

1.a. There were 139 Patient SPELLS that referenced 167 episodes with a ICD10 clinical coding I460 (Cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation).

1.b. Where I460 (Cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation) is referenced in a ICD10 Episode coding secondary position, the ICD10 code in front of I460 will be the cause of the cardiac arrest. Of the 139 spells, 108 of these spells had episode(s) with I460 in a secondary position. Please see supporting documentation for the breakdown of these Diagnosis (Annex 1).

1. There were 1275 Patient SPELLS that referenced ICD10 clinical coding I480 through to I489 (Atrial Fibrillation) in the PRIMARY diagnosis position.

2. There were 10,644 Patient SPELLS that referenced ICD10 clinical coding I480 through to I489 (Atrial Fibrillation) in the first 19 secondary diagnosis positions.

3. Please see supporting documentation for the breakdown of Year/Age Groups (Annex 1).

Please quote the reference number 3800571 in any future communications.

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