TY - JOUR
T1 - Antipsychotics and Associated Risk of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
AU - Weeke, Peter
AU - Jensen, Aksel
AU - Folke, Fredrik
AU - Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar
AU - Olesen, Jonas Bjerring
AU - Fosbøl, Emil L
AU - Wissenberg, Mads
AU - Lippert, Freddy K
AU - Christensen, Erika Frischknecht
AU - Nielsen, Søren Loumann
AU - Holm, Ellen
AU - Kanters, Jørgen K.
AU - Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen
AU - Køber, Lars
AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Antipsychotic drugs have been associated with sudden cardiac death, but differences in the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) associated with different antipsychotic drug classes are not clear. We identified all OHCAs in Denmark (2001-2010). The risk of OHCA associated with antipsychotic drug use was evaluated by conditional logistic regression analysis in case-time-control models. In total, 2,205 (7.6%) of 28,947 OHCA patients received treatment with an antipsychotic drug at the time of the event. Overall, treatment with any antipsychotic drug was associated with OHCA (odds ratio (OR) = 1.53, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.23-1.89), as was use with typical antipsychotics (OR = 1.66, CI: 1.27-2.17). By contrast, overall, atypical antipsychotic drug use was not (OR = 1.29, CI: 0.90-1.85). Two individual typical antipsychotic drugs, haloperidol (OR = 2.43, CI: 1.20-4.93) and levomepromazine (OR = 2.05, CI: 1.18-3.56), were associated with OHCA, as was one atypical antipsychotic drug, quetiapine (OR = 3.64, CI: 1.59-8.30).
AB - Antipsychotic drugs have been associated with sudden cardiac death, but differences in the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) associated with different antipsychotic drug classes are not clear. We identified all OHCAs in Denmark (2001-2010). The risk of OHCA associated with antipsychotic drug use was evaluated by conditional logistic regression analysis in case-time-control models. In total, 2,205 (7.6%) of 28,947 OHCA patients received treatment with an antipsychotic drug at the time of the event. Overall, treatment with any antipsychotic drug was associated with OHCA (odds ratio (OR) = 1.53, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.23-1.89), as was use with typical antipsychotics (OR = 1.66, CI: 1.27-2.17). By contrast, overall, atypical antipsychotic drug use was not (OR = 1.29, CI: 0.90-1.85). Two individual typical antipsychotic drugs, haloperidol (OR = 2.43, CI: 1.20-4.93) and levomepromazine (OR = 2.05, CI: 1.18-3.56), were associated with OHCA, as was one atypical antipsychotic drug, quetiapine (OR = 3.64, CI: 1.59-8.30).
U2 - 10.1038/clpt.2014.139
DO - 10.1038/clpt.2014.139
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24960522
SN - 0009-9236
VL - 96
SP - 490
EP - 497
JO - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
JF - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
IS - 4
ER -