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Kosmopoulos M, Rojas-Salvador C, Koukousaki D, Sebastian PS, Gutierrez-Bernal A, Elliott A, Kalra R, Gurevich S, Alexy T, Bartos JA, Yannopoulos D. The link between carotid artery stenosis and outcomes in patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2024; 201:110289. [PMID: 38908776 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND Mortality of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains high. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) has revolutionized OHCA treatment, but our understanding of the ECPR responder's clinical profile is incomplete. Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is a well-established cardiovascular disease risk factor. The impact of CAS on OHCA outcomes remains unelucidated. OBJECTIVE To assess whether CAS burden affects the outcomes of OHCA patients treated with ECPR. METHODS This study included patients with OHCA admitted for ECPR consideration, who had carotid ultrasonography performed. A numeric scale was applied to the plaque to create a CAS burden numeric scale. The primary outcome of the study was survival at discharge, compared among the different degrees of CAS. Neurologically intact survival and surrogate markers of neurologic injury were the secondary study endpoints. To assess the independent effect of CAS burden on survival to hospital discharge, we conducted a logistic regression analysis. RESULTS Between 2019 and 2023, carotid ultrasonography was performed on 163 patients who were admitted for refractory OHCA. CAS burden was equally distributed between the right and left carotid arteries. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the CAS burden was significantly associated with both overall and neurologically intact survival at discharge (p = 0.004). A linear relationship between the CAS burden and neuron-specific and S-100 levels was identified. Patients with normal carotids were significantly less likely to have encephalopathy on electroencephalograms. CONCLUSION CAS burden independently predicts the risk for worse survival and neurologic outcomes in patients suffering refractory OHCA who are treated with ECPR.
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- M Kosmopoulos
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, USA; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Resuscitation Medicine, USA.
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Gramespacher H, Schmieschek MHT, Warnke C, Adler C, Bittner S, Dronse J, Richter N, Zaeske C, Gietzen C, Schlamann M, Baldus S, Fink GR, Onur OA. Analysis of Cerebral CT Based on Supervised Machine Learning as a Predictor of Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Neurology 2024; 103:e209583. [PMID: 38857458 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In light of limited intensive care capacities and a lack of accurate prognostic tools to advise caregivers and family members responsibly, this study aims to determine whether automated cerebral CT (CCT) analysis allows prognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS In this monocentric, retrospective cohort study, a supervised machine learning classifier based on an elastic net regularized logistic regression model for gray matter alterations on nonenhanced CCT obtained after cardiac arrest was trained using 10-fold cross-validation and tested on a hold-out sample (random split 75%/25%) for outcome prediction. Following the literature, a favorable outcome was defined as a cerebral performance category of 1-2 and a poor outcome of 3-5. The diagnostic accuracy was compared with established and guideline-recommended prognostic measures within the sample, that is, gray matter-white matter ratio (GWR), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), and neurofilament light chain (NfL) in serum. RESULTS Of 279 adult patients, 132 who underwent CCT within 14 days of cardiac arrest with good imaging quality were identified. Our approach discriminated between favorable and poor outcomes with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.73 (95% CI 0.59-0.82). Thus, the prognostic power outperformed the GWR (AUC 0.66, 95% CI 0.56-0.76). The biomarkers NfL, measured at days 1 and 2, and NSE, measured at day 2, exceeded the reliability of the imaging markers derived from CT (AUC NfL day 1: 0.87, 95% CI 0.75-0.99; AUC NfL day 2: 0.90, 95% CI 0.79-1.00; AUC NSE day: 2 0.78, 95% CI 0.62-0.94). DISCUSSION Our data show that machine learning-assisted gray matter analysis of CCT images offers prognostic information after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Thus, CCT gray matter analysis could become a reliable and time-independent addition to the standard workup with serum biomarkers sampled at predefined time points. Prospective studies are warranted to replicate these findings.
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- Hannes Gramespacher
- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.G., M.H.T.S., C.W., J.D., N.R., G.R.F., O.A.O.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; Division of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care (C.A., S. Baldus), Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne; Department of Neurology (S. Bittner), University Medical Center Mainz; Cognitive Neuroscience (N.R., O.A.O.), Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich; and Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (C.Z., C.G., M.S.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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Lang M, Kenda M, Scheel M, Martola J, Wheeler M, Owen S, Johnsson M, Annborn M, Dankiewicz J, Deye N, Düring J, Friberg H, Halliday T, Jakobsen JC, Lascarrou JB, Levin H, Lilja G, Lybeck A, McGuigan P, Rylander C, Sem V, Thomas M, Ullén S, Undén J, Wise MP, Cronberg T, Wassélius J, Nielsen N, Leithner C, Moseby-Knappe M. Standardised and automated assessment of head computed tomography reliably predicts poor functional outcome after cardiac arrest: a prospective multicentre study. Intensive Care Med 2024; 50:1096-1107. [PMID: 38900283 PMCID: PMC11245448 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07497-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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PURPOSE Application of standardised and automated assessments of head computed tomography (CT) for neuroprognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS Prospective, international, multicentre, observational study within the Targeted Hypothermia versus Targeted Normothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (TTM2) trial. Routine CTs from adult unconscious patients obtained > 48 h ≤ 7 days post-arrest were assessed qualitatively and quantitatively by seven international raters blinded to clinical information using a pre-published protocol. Grey-white-matter ratio (GWR) was calculated from four (GWR-4) and eight (GWR-8) regions of interest manually placed at the basal ganglia level. Additionally, GWR was obtained using an automated atlas-based approach. Prognostic accuracies for prediction of poor functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale 4-6) for the qualitative assessment and for the pre-defined GWR cutoff < 1.10 were calculated. RESULTS 140 unconscious patients were included; median age was 68 years (interquartile range [IQR] 59-76), 76% were male, and 75% had poor outcome. Standardised qualitative assessment and all GWR models predicted poor outcome with 100% specificity (95% confidence interval [CI] 90-100). Sensitivity in median was 37% for the standardised qualitative assessment, 39% for GWR-8, 30% for GWR-4 and 41% for automated GWR. GWR-8 was superior to GWR-4 regarding prognostic accuracies, intra- and interrater agreement. Overall prognostic accuracy for automated GWR (area under the curve [AUC] 0.84, 95% CI 0.77-0.91) did not significantly differ from manually obtained GWR. CONCLUSION Standardised qualitative and quantitative assessments of CT are reliable and feasible methods to predict poor functional outcome after cardiac arrest. Automated GWR has the potential to make CT quantification for neuroprognostication accessible to all centres treating cardiac arrest patients.
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- Margareta Lang
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Radiology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Junior Digital Clinician Scientist Program, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Radiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Intensive Care Unit, Inserm UMR-S 942, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Operation and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Regional Health Research, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Capital Region of Denmark, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Medecine Intensive Reanimation, Movement-Interactions-Performance,, Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, MIP, UR 4334, 44000, Nantes, France
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Research and Education, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Regional Intensive Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Central Hospital of Karlstad, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, Bristol, UK
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- Clinical Studies Sweden‑Forum South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Operation and Intensive Care, Hallands Hospital Halmstad, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Adult Critical Care, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
- Department of Neurology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
- Department of Rehabilitation, Skåne University Hospital, 22185, Lund, Sweden.
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Tsai H, Chi CY, Wang LW, Su YJ, Chen YF, Tsai MS, Wang CH, Hsu C, Huang CH, Wang W. Outcome prediction of cardiac arrest with automatically computed gray-white matter ratio on computed tomography images. Crit Care 2024; 28:118. [PMID: 38594772 PMCID: PMC11005205 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-024-04895-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to develop an automated method to measure the gray-white matter ratio (GWR) from brain computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and assess its significance in predicting early-stage neurological outcomes. METHODS Patients with OHCA who underwent brain CT imaging within 12 h of return of spontaneous circulation were enrolled in this retrospective study. The primary outcome endpoint measure was a favorable neurological outcome, defined as cerebral performance category 1 or 2 at hospital discharge. We proposed an automated method comprising image registration, K-means segmentation, segmentation refinement, and GWR calculation to measure the GWR for each CT scan. The K-means segmentation and segmentation refinement was employed to refine the segmentations within regions of interest (ROIs), consequently enhancing GWR calculation accuracy through more precise segmentations. RESULTS Overall, 443 patients were divided into derivation N=265, 60% and validation N=178, 40% sets, based on age and sex. The ROI Hounsfield unit values derived from the automated method showed a strong correlation with those obtained from the manual method. Regarding outcome prediction, the automated method significantly outperformed the manual method in GWR calculation (AUC 0.79 vs. 0.70) across the entire dataset. The automated method also demonstrated superior performance across sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values using the cutoff value determined from the derivation set. Moreover, GWR was an independent predictor of outcomes in logistic regression analysis. Incorporating the GWR with other clinical and resuscitation variables significantly enhanced the performance of prediction models compared to those without the GWR. CONCLUSIONS Automated measurement of the GWR from non-contrast brain CT images offers valuable insights for predicting neurological outcomes during the early post-cardiac arrest period.
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- Hsinhan Tsai
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106216, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan R.O.C..
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- Institute of Applied Mathematical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106216, Taiwan R.O.C..
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In YN, Kim HI, Park JS, Kang C, You Y, Min JH, Lee D, Lee IH, Jeong HS, Lee BK, Lee JK. Association between quantitative analysis of cerebral edema using CT imaging and neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest survivors. Am J Emerg Med 2024; 78:22-28. [PMID: 38181542 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND To determine if the density distribution proportion of Hounsfield unit (HUdp) in head computed tomography (HCT) images can be used to quantitatively measure cerebral edema in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS This retrospective observational study included adult comatose OHCA survivors who underwent HCT within 6 h (first) and 72-96 h (second), all performed using the same CT scanner. Semi-automated quantitative analysis was used to identify differences in HUdp at specific HU ranges across the intracranial component based on neurological outcome. Cerebral edema was defined as the increased displacement of the sum of HUdp values (ΔHUdp) at a specific range between two HCT scans. Poor neurological outcome was defined as cerebral performance categories 3-5 at 6 months after OHCA. RESULTS Twenty-three (42%) out of 55 patients had poor neurological outcome. Significant HUdp differences were observed between good and poor neurological outcomes in the second HCT scan at HU = 1-14, 23-35, and 39-56 (all P < 0.05). Only the ΔHUdp = 23-35 range showed a significant increase and correlation in the poor neurological outcome group (4.90 vs. -0.72, P < 0.001) with the sum of decreases in the other two ranges (r = 0.97, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated a significant association between ΔHUdp = 23-35 range and poor neurological outcomes (adjusted OR, 1.12; 95% CI: 1.02-1.24; P = 0.02). CONCLUSION In this cohort study, the increased displacement in ΔHUdp = 23-35 range is independently associated with poor neurological outcome and provides a quantitative assessment of cerebral edema formation in OHCA survivors.
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- Yong Nam In
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Daejoen, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejoen, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejoen, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejoen, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Daejoen, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejoen, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chungnam National University Hospital, 266, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National Univesity Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, College of Medicine, Republic of Korea
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Case NP, Callaway CW, Elmer J, Coppler PJ. Simple approach to quantify hypoxic-ischemic brain injury severity from computed tomography imaging files after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2024; 195:110050. [PMID: 37977348 PMCID: PMC10922650 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.110050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grey-white ratio (GWR) can estimate severity of cytotoxic cerebral edema secondary to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury after cardiac arrest and predict progression to death by neurologic criteria (DNC). Current approaches to calculating GWR are not standardized and have variable interrater reliability. We tested if measures of variance of brain density on early computed tomographic (CT) imaging after cardiac arrest could predict DNC. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study, identifying post-arrest patients treated between 2011 and 2020 at our single center. We extracted demographic data from our registry and Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) files for each patient's first brain CT. We analyzed slices 15-20 of each DICOM, corresponding to the level of the basal ganglia while accommodating differences in patient anatomy. We extracted pixel arrays and converted the radiodensities to Hounsfield units (HU). To focus on brain tissue densities, we excluded HU > 60 and < 10. We calculated the variance of each patient's HU distribution and the difference between the means of a two-group Gaussian finite mixture model. We compared these novel metrics to existing measures of cerebral edema, then randomly divided our data into 80% training and 20% test sets and used logistic regression to predict DNC. RESULTS Of 1,133 included subjects, 457 (40%) were female, mean (standard deviation) age was 58 (16) years, and 115 (10%) progressed to DNC. CTs were obtained a median [interquartile range] of 4.2 [2.8-5.7] hours post-arrest. Our novel measures correlated weakly with GWR. HU variance, but not difference between mixture model means, differed significantly between subjects with and without sulcal or cistern effacement. GWR outperformed our novel measures in predicting progression to DNC with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.82, compared to HU variance (AUC = 0.73) and the difference between mixture model means (AUC = 0.56). CONCLUSION There are differences in the distribution of HU on post-arrest CT in patients with qualitative measures of cerebral edema. Current methods to quantify cerebral edema outperform simple measures of attenuation variance on early brain CT. Further analyses could investigate if these measures of variance, or other distributional characteristics of brain density, have improved predictive performance on brain CTs obtained later in the clinical course or derived from discrete regions of anatomical interest.
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- Nicholas P Case
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Emektar E, Karaarslan F, Öztżrk C, Ramadan S. Is gray-white matter ratio in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients' really early predictor of neurological outcome? Turk J Emerg Med 2023; 23:104-110. [PMID: 37169030 PMCID: PMC10166289 DOI: 10.4103/tjem.tjem_255_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the association between neurological outcome and gray-white ratio (GWR) in brain computed tomography (CT) in patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) who were brought to the emergency department (ED) due to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS This study has a retrospective design. Patients with ROSC who were brought to the ED due to OHCA and who underwent brain CT in the first 24 h were included in the study. Demographic data, brain CT results (intensities of gray matter and white matter in Hounsfield units and calculated GWR), and hospital outcome were recorded. The cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) score was used as the outcome of the study. RESULTS A total of 160 patients were included in the study. 55% of the patients were male and the median age was 75.5. The median brain CT time of the patients was 120 min. 16.3% of the patients were in the good neurological outcome group. When attenuation values and GWRs of the patients were compared according to CPC of patients (good-poor), no statistically significant difference was detected in any parameter except MC2 attenuation (P > 0.05 for all values). The patients were separated into groups geriatric and nongeriatric and GWRs were compared. GWRs were lower in the geriatric groups (P < 0.05 for all values). CONCLUSION Although it is emphasized in the literature that detection of low GWR in brain CT can help the clinical decision process in patients surviving comatose arrest, we think that it is not valid for especially in geriatric patients and in patients who underwent early brain CT after ROSC.
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Kenda M, Cheng Z, Guettler C, Storm C, Ploner CJ, Leithner C, Scheel M. Inter-rater agreement between humans and computer in quantitative assessment of computed tomography after cardiac arrest. Front Neurol 2022; 13:990208. [PMID: 36313501 PMCID: PMC9606648 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.990208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Head computed tomography (CT) is used to predict neurological outcome after cardiac arrest (CA). The current reference standard includes quantitative image analysis by a neuroradiologist to determine the Gray-White-Matter Ratio (GWR) which is calculated via the manual measurement of radiodensity in different brain regions. Recently, automated analysis methods have been introduced. There is limited data on the Inter-rater agreement of both methods. Methods Three blinded human raters (neuroradiologist, neurologist, student) with different levels of clinical experience retrospectively assessed the Gray-White-Matter Ratio (GWR) in head CTs of 95 CA patients. GWR was also quantified by a recently published computer algorithm that uses coregistration with standardized brain spaces to identify regions of interest (ROIs). We calculated intraclass correlation (ICC) for inter-rater agreement between human and computer raters as well as area under the curve (AUC) and sensitivity/specificity for poor outcome prognostication. Results Inter-rater agreement on GWR was very good (ICC 0.82–0.84) between all three human raters across different levels of expertise and between the computer algorithm and neuroradiologist (ICC 0.83; 95% CI 0.78–0.88). Despite high overall agreement, we observed considerable, clinically relevant deviations of GWR measurements (up to 0.24) in individual patients. In our cohort, at a GWR threshold of 1.10, this did not lead to any false poor neurological outcome prediction. Conclusion Human and computer raters demonstrated high overall agreement in GWR determination in head CTs after CA. The clinically relevant deviations of GWR measurement in individual patients underscore the necessity of additional qualitative evaluation and integration of head CT findings into a multimodal approach to prognostication of neurological outcome after CA.
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- Martin Kenda
- Department of Neurology With Experimental Neurology, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- BIH Charité Junior Digital Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, Berlin, Germany
- *Correspondence: Martin Kenda
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine—Circulatory Arrest Center Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology With Experimental Neurology, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology With Experimental Neurology, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Coppler PJ, Flickinger KL, Darby JM, Doshi A, Guyette FX, Faro J, Callaway CW, Elmer J. Early risk stratification for progression to death by neurological criteria following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2022; 179:248-255. [PMID: 35914657 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Some patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) progress to death by neurological criteria (DNC). We hypothesized that initial brain imaging, electroencephalography (EEG), and arrest characteristics predict progression to DNC. METHODS We identified comatose OHCA patients from January 2010 to February 2020 treated at a single quaternary care facility in Western Pennsylvania. We abstracted demographics and arrest characteristics; Pittsburgh Cardiac Arrest Category, initial motor exam and pupillary light reflex; initial brain computed tomography (CT) grey-to-white ratio (GWR), sulcal or basal cistern effacement; initial EEG background and suppression ratio. We used two modeling approaches: fast and frugal tree (FFT) analysis to create an interpretable clinical risk stratification tool and ridge regression for comparison. We used bootstrapping to randomly partition cases into 80% training and 20% test sets and evaluated test set sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS We included 1,569 patients, of whom 147 (9%) had diagnosed DNC. Across bootstrap samples, >99% of FFTs included three predictors: sulcal effacement, and in cases without sulcal effacement, the combination of EEG background suppression and GWR ≤ 1.23. This tree had mean sensitivity and specificity of 87% and 81%. Ridge regression with all available predictors had mean sensitivity 91 % and mean specificity 83%. Subjects falsely predicted as likely to progress to DNC generally died of rearrest or withdrawal of life sustaining therapies due to poor neurological prognosis. Two of these cases awakened from coma during the index hospitalization. CONCLUSIONS Sulcal effacement on presenting brain CT or EEG suppression with GWR ≤ 1.23 predict progression to DNC after OHCA.
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- Patrick J Coppler
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Soin Medical Center - Kettering Health Network, Beavercreek, OH, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Lang M, Nielsen N, Ullén S, Abul-Kasim K, Johnsson M, Helbok R, Leithner C, Cronberg T, Moseby-Knappe M. A pilot study of methods for prediction of poor outcome by head computed tomography after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2022; 179:61-70. [PMID: 35931271 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In Sweden, head computed tomography (CT) is commonly used for prediction of neurological outcome after cardiac arrest, as recommended by guidelines. We compare the prognostic ability and interrater variability of routine and novel CT methods for prediction of poor outcome. METHODS Retrospective study including patients from Swedish sites within the Target Temperature Management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest trial examined with CT. Original images were assessed by two independent radiologists blinded from clinical data with eye-balling without pre-specified criteria, and with a semi-quantitative assessment. Grey-white-matter ratios (GWR) were quantified using models with 4-20 manually placed regions of interest. Prognostic abilities and interrater variability were calculated for prediction of poor outcome (modified Rankin Scale 4-6 at six months) for early (<24h) and late (≥24h) examinations. RESULTS 68/106 (64%) of included patients were examined <24h post-arrest. Eye-balling predicted poor outcome with 89-100% specificity and 15-78% sensitivity. GWR <24h predicted neurological outcome with unsatisfactory to satisfactory Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve (AUROC: 0.54-0.64). GWR ≥24h yielded very good to excellent AUROC (0.80-0.93). Sensitivities increased >2-3 fold in examinations performed after 24h compared to early examinations. Combining eye-balling with GWR<1.15 predicted poor outcome without false positives with sensitivities remaining acceptable. CONCLUSION In our cohort, qualitative and quantitative CT methods predicted poor outcome with high specificity and low to moderate sensitivity. Sensitivity increased relevantly after the first 24 hours after CA. Interrater variability poses a problem and indicates the need to standardise brain CT evaluation to increase the methodś safety.
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- Margareta Lang
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Radiology, Lund University, Helsingborg Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Lund University, Helsingborg Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Studies Sweden ‑ Forum South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Radiology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Sohn G, Bae MJ, Park J, Kim SE. Semi-quantitative analysis of periventricular gray-white matter ratio on CT in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. J Clin Neurosci 2022; 101:16-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2022.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kwon SH, Oh SH, Jang J, Kim SH, Park KN, Youn CS, Kim HJ, Lim JY, Kim HJ, Bang HJ. Can Optic Nerve Sheath Images on a Thin-Slice Brain Computed Tomography Reconstruction Predict the Neurological Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest Survivors? J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11133677. [PMID: 35806962 PMCID: PMC9267811 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11133677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We analyzed the prognostic performance of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) on thin-slice (0.6 mm) brain computed tomography (CT) reconstruction images as compared to routine-slice (4 mm) images. We conducted a retrospective analysis of brain CT images taken within 2 h after cardiac arrest. The maximal ONSD (mONSD) and optic nerve sheath area (ONSA) were measured on thin-slice images, and the routine ONSD (rONSD) and gray-to-white matter ratio (GWR) were measured on routine-slice images. We analyzed their area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) and the cutoff values for predicting a poor 6-month neurological outcome (a cerebral performance category score of 3–5). Of the 159 patients analyzed, 113 patients had a poor outcome. There was no significant difference in rONSD between the outcome groups (p = 0.116). Compared to rONSD, mONSD (AUC 0.62, 95% CI: 0.54–0.70) and the ONSA (AUC 0.63, 95% CI: 0.55–0.70) showed better prognostic performance and had higher sensitivities to determine a poor outcome (mONSD, 20.4% [95% CI, 13.4–29.0]; ONSA, 16.8% [95% CI, 10.4–25.0]; rONSD, 7.1% [95% CI, 3.1–13.5]), with specificity of 95.7% (95% CI, 85.2–99.5). A combined cutoff value obtained by both the mONSD and GWR improved the sensitivity (31.0% [95% CI, 22.6–40.4]) of determining a poor outcome, while maintaining a high specificity. In conclusion, rONSD was clinically irrelevant, but the mONSD had an increased sensitivity in cutoff having acceptable specificity. Combination of the mONSD and GWR had an improved prognostic performance in these patients.
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- Sung Ho Kwon
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-2-2258-1988; Fax: +82-2-2258-1997
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 03312, Korea;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea; (S.H.K.); (K.N.P.); (C.S.Y.); (H.J.K.); (J.Y.L.); (H.J.K.); (H.J.B.)
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Zhou F, Wang H, Jian M, Wang Z, He Y, Duan H, Gan L, Cao Y. Gray-White Matter Ratio at the Level of the Basal Ganglia as a Predictor of Neurologic Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Literature Review. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:847089. [PMID: 35372375 PMCID: PMC8967346 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.847089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Loss of gray-white matter discrimination is the primary early imaging finding within of cranial computed tomography in cardiac arrest survivors, and this has been also regarded as a novel predictor for evaluating neurologic outcome. As displayed clearly on computed tomography and based on sensitivity to hypoxia, the gray-white matter ratio at basal ganglia (GWR-BG) region was frequently detected to assess the neurologic outcome by several studies. The specificity of GWR-BG is 72.4 to 100%, while the sensitivity is significantly different. Herein we review the mechanisms mediating cerebral edema following cardiac arrest, demonstrate the determination procedures with respect to GWR-BG, summarize the related researches regarding GWR-BG in predicting neurologic outcomes within cardiac arrest survivors, and discuss factors associated with predicting the accuracy of this methodology. Finally, we describe the effective measurements to increase the sensitivity of GWR-BG in predicting neurologic outcome.
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- Fating Zhou
- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Cauley KA, Hu Y, Fielden SW. Head CT: Toward Making Full Use of the Information the X-Rays Give. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2021; 42:1362-1369. [PMID: 34140278 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although clinical head CT images are typically interpreted qualitatively, automated methods applied to routine clinical head CTs enable quantitative assessment of brain volume, brain parenchymal fraction, brain radiodensity, and brain radiomass. These metrics gain clinical meaning when viewed relative to a reference database and expressed as quantile regression values. Quantitative imaging data can aid in objective reporting and in the identification of outliers, with possible diagnostic implications. The comparison to a reference database necessitates standardization of head CT imaging parameters and protocols. Future research is needed to learn the effects of virtual monochromatic imaging on the quantitative characteristics of head CT images.
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- K A Cauley
- From the Department of Radiology (K.A.C.), Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biomedical & Translational Informatics (Y.H.), Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania
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- Geisinger Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute (S.W.F.), Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Automated Assessment of Brain CT After Cardiac Arrest-An Observational Derivation/Validation Cohort Study. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:e1212-e1222. [PMID: 34374503 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Objectives Prognostication of outcome is an essential step in defining therapeutic goals after cardiac arrest. Gray-white-matter ratio obtained from brain CT can predict poor outcome. However, manual placement of regions of interest is a potential source of error and interrater variability. Our objective was to assess the performance of poor outcome prediction by automated quantification of changes in brain CTs after cardiac arrest. Design Observational, derivation/validation cohort study design. Outcome was determined using the Cerebral Performance Category upon hospital discharge. Poor outcome was defined as death or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/coma. CTs were automatically decomposed using coregistration with a brain atlas. Setting ICUs at a large, academic hospital with circulatory arrest center. Patients We identified 433 cardiac arrest patients from a large previously established database with brain CTs within 10 days after cardiac arrest. Interventions None. Measurements and Main Results Five hundred sixteen brain CTs were evaluated (derivation cohort n = 309, validation cohort n = 207). Patients with poor outcome had significantly lower radiodensities in gray matter regions. Automated GWR_si (putamen/posterior limb of internal capsule) was performed with an area under the curve of 0.86 (95%-CI: 0.80-0.93) for CTs taken later than 24 hours after cardiac arrest (similar performance in the validation cohort). Poor outcome (Cerebral Performance Category 4-5) was predicted with a specificity of 100% (95% CI, 87-100%, derivation; 88-100%, validation) at a threshold of less than 1.10 and a sensitivity of 49% (95% CI, 36-58%, derivation) and 38% (95% CI, 27-50%, validation) for CTs later than 24 hours after cardiac arrest. Sensitivity and area under the curve were lower for CTs performed within 24 hours after cardiac arrest. Conclusions Automated gray-white-matter ratio from brain CT is a promising tool for prediction of poor neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest with high specificity and low-to-moderate sensitivity. Prediction by gray-white-matter ratio at the basal ganglia level performed best. Sensitivity increased considerably for CTs performed later than 24 hours after cardiac arrest.
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Prognostic Values of the Gray-to-White Matter Ratio on Brain Computed Tomography Images for Neurological Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest: A Meta-Analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2020:7949516. [PMID: 33490256 PMCID: PMC7803139 DOI: 10.1155/2020/7949516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Materials and Methods The PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases were searched for all relevant articles published before March 31, 2020, without any language restrictions. The pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated with a random-effects model using Stata 14.0 software. Result A total of 24 eligible studies with 2812 CA patients were recruited in the meta-analysis. The pooled result showed that decreased GWR was correlated with poor neurological outcomes after CA (OR = 11.28, 95% CI: 6.29–20.21, and P < 0.001) with moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 71.5%, P < 0.001). The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.58 (95% CI: 0.47–0.68) and 0.95 (95% CI: 0.87–0.98), respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) of GWR was 0.84 (95% CI: 0.80–0.87). Compared with GWR (cerebrum) and GWR (average), GWR using the basal ganglion level of brain CT had the highest AUC of 0.87 (0.84–0.90). Subgroup analysis indicated that heterogeneity may be derived from the time of CT measurement, preset specificity, targeted temperature management, or proportion of cardiac etiology. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the result was stable, and Deeks' plot showed no possible publication bias (P = 0 .64). Conclusion Current research suggests that GWR, especially using the basal ganglion level of brain CT, is a useful parameter for determining neurological outcomes after CA.
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Kim YT, Kim H, Lee CH, Yoon BC, Kim JB, Choi YH, Cho WS, Oh BM, Kim DJ. Intracranial Densitometry-Augmented Machine Learning Enhances the Prognostic Value of Brain CT in Pediatric Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Pilot Study. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:750272. [PMID: 34796154 PMCID: PMC8593245 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.750272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: The inter- and intrarater variability of conventional computed tomography (CT) classification systems for evaluating the extent of ischemic-edematous insult following traumatic brain injury (TBI) may hinder the robustness of TBI prognostic models. Objective: This study aimed to employ fully automated quantitative densitometric CT parameters and a cutting-edge machine learning algorithm to construct a robust prognostic model for pediatric TBI. Methods: Fifty-eight pediatric patients with TBI who underwent brain CT were retrospectively analyzed. Intracranial densitometric information was derived from the supratentorial region as a distribution representing the proportion of Hounsfield units. Furthermore, a machine learning-based prognostic model based on gradient boosting (i.e., CatBoost) was constructed with leave-one-out cross-validation. At discharge, the outcome was assessed dichotomously with the Glasgow Outcome Scale (favorability: 1-3 vs. 4-5). In-hospital mortality, length of stay (>1 week), and need for surgery were further evaluated as alternative TBI outcome measures. Results: Densitometric parameters indicating reduced brain density due to subtle global ischemic changes were significantly different among the TBI outcome groups, except for need for surgery. The skewed intracranial densitometry of the unfavorable outcome became more distinguishable in the follow-up CT within 48 h. The prognostic model augmented by intracranial densitometric information achieved adequate AUCs for various outcome measures [favorability = 0.83 (95% CI: 0.72-0.94), in-hospital mortality = 0.91 (95% CI: 0.82-1.00), length of stay = 0.83 (95% CI: 0.72-0.94), and need for surgery = 0.71 (95% CI: 0.56-0.86)], and this model showed enhanced performance compared to the conventional CRASH-CT model. Conclusion: Densitometric parameters indicative of global ischemic changes during the acute phase of TBI are predictive of a worse outcome in pediatric patients. The robustness and predictive capacity of conventional TBI prognostic models might be significantly enhanced by incorporating densitometric parameters and machine learning techniques.
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- Young-Tak Kim
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,National Traffic Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Yangpyeong, South Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Neurology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Artificial Intelligence, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Lee BK, Callaway CW, Coppler PJ, Rittenberger JC. The prognostic performance of brain ventricular characteristic differ according to sex, age, and time after cardiac arrest in comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors. Resuscitation 2020; 154:69-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The association between post-cardiac arrest cerebral oxygenation and survival with favorable neurological outcomes: A multicenter study. Resuscitation 2020; 154:85-92. [PMID: 32544414 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cerebral oximetry is a non-invasive system that uses near infrared spectroscopy to measure regional cerebral oxygenation (rSO2) in the frontal lobe of the brain. Post-cardiac arrest rSO2 may be associated with survival and neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients; however, no studies have examined relationships between rSO2 and neurological outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). We tested the hypothesis that rSO2 following IHCA is associated with survival and favorable neurological outcomes. DESIGN Prospective study from nine acute care hospital in the United States and United Kingdom. PATIENTS Convenience sample of IHCA patients admitted to the intensive care unit with post-cardiac arrest syndrome. INTERVENTIONS Cerebral oximetry monitoring (Equanox 7600, Nonin Medical, MN, USA) during the first 48 h after IHCA. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Subject's rSO2 was calculated as the mean of collected data at different time intervals: hourly between 1-6 h, 6-12 h, 12-18 h, 18-24 h and 24-48 h. Demographic data pertaining to possible confounding variables for rSO2 and primary outcome were collected. The primary outcome was survival with favorable neurological outcomes (cerebral performance scale [CPC] 1-2) vs severe neurological injury or death (CPC 3-5) at hospital discharge. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were performed to correlate cerebral oximetry values and other variables with the primary outcome. Among 87 studied patients, 26 (29.9%) achieved CPC 1-2. A significant difference in mean rSO2 was observed during hours 1-2 after IHCA in CPC 1-2 vs CPC 3-5 (73.08 vs. 66.59, p = 0.031) but not at other time intervals. There were no differences in age, Charlson comorbidity index, APACHE II scores, CPR duration, mean arterial pressure, PaO2, PaCO2, and hemoglobin levels between two groups. CONCLUSIONS There may be a significant physiological difference in rSO2 in the first two hours after ROSC in IHCA patients who achieve favorable neurological outcomes, however, this difference may not be clinically significant.
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Yeh HF, Ong HN, Lee BC, Huang CH, Huang CC, Chang WT, Chen WJ, Tsai MS. The Use of Gray-White-Matter Ratios May Help Predict Survival and Neurological Outcomes in Patients Resuscitated From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Acute Med 2020; 10:77-89. [PMID: 32995159 PMCID: PMC7517965 DOI: 10.6705/j.jacme.202003_10(2).0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The gray-white-matter ratio (GWR) measured on brain computed tomography (CT) following return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) has been reported to be helpful in the prognostication of mortality or comatose status of cardiac arrest victims. However, whether the use of GWR in predicting the outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors in Taiwan population remains uninvestigated. METHODS This retrospective observational study conducted in a single tertiary medical center in Taiwan enrolled all the non-traumatic OHCA adults (> 18 years old) with sustained ROSC (≥ 20 minutes) during the period from 2006 to 2014. Patients with following exclusion criteria were further excluded: no brain CT within 24 hours following ROSC; the presence of intracranial hemorrhage, severe old insult, brain tumor, ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and severe image artifact. The GWR values were obtained from the density measurement of bilateral putamen, caudate nuclei, posterior limbs of internal capsule, corpus callosum, medial cortex and medial white matter of cerebrum in Hounsfield unit with region of interest of 0.11 cm2, and further compared between the patients who survived to hospital discharge or not and the patients with and without good neurological outcome (good: cerebral performance category [CPC] of 1-2, poor: CPC of 3-5), respectively. RESULTS A total of 228 patients were included in the final analysis with 59.2% in male gender and mean age of 65.8-year-old. There were 106 patients (46.5%) survived to hospital discharge and 40 patients (17.5%) discharged with good neurological outcomes. The GWR values of patients who survived to hospital discharge was significantly higher than ones of those who failed (e.g. basal ganglion: 1.239 vs. 1.199, p < 0.001). Patients with good neurological outcome also had higher GWR values than those with poor outcome (e.g. basal ganglion: 1.243 vs. 1.208, p = 0.010). The Area Under Curve of Receiver of Characteristic curve demonstrated fair predicting ability of GWR for survival and neurological outcomes. CONCLUSION The use of GWR measured on bran CT within 24 hours following ROSC can help in predicting survival-to-hospital discharge and neurological outcome in OHCA survivors.
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- Huang-Fu Yeh
- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Radiology Taipei Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital Department of Radiology New Taipei City Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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Kim HJ. How can neurological outcomes be predicted in comatose pediatric patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? Clin Exp Pediatr 2020; 63:164-170. [PMID: 32024336 PMCID: PMC7254176 DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2019.00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The prognosis of patients who are comatose after resuscitation remains uncertain. The accurate prediction of neurological outcome is important for management decisions and counseling. A neurological examination is an important factor for prognostication, but widely used sedatives alter the neurological examination and delay the response recovery. Additional studies including electroencephalography, somatosensory-evoked potentials, brain imaging, and blood biomarkers are useful for evaluating the extent of brain injury. This review aimed to assess the usefulness of and provide practical prognostic strategy for pediatric postresuscitation patients. The principles of prognostication are that the assessment should be delayed until at least 72 hours after cardiac arrest and the assessment should be multimodal. Furthermore, multiple factors including unmeasured confounders in individual patients should be considered when applying the prognostication strategy.
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- Hyo Jeong Kim
- Department of Pediatrics, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea
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Lopez Soto C, Dragoi L, Heyn CC, Kramer A, Pinto R, Adhikari NKJ, Scales DC. Imaging for Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Neurocrit Care 2020; 32:206-216. [PMID: 31549351 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00842-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Predicting neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest relies on clinical findings, radiological and neurophysiological test results. To evaluate the predictive accuracy of brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for prognostication of neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest. METHODS We searched MEDLINE (database inception to August 2018) and included all observational cohort studies or randomized controlled trials including adult (16 years or older) survivors of cardiac arrest which evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of CT or MRI for predicting neurologic outcome or mortality. Study quality was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 tool. All review stages were conducted independently by 2 reviewers, and where possible data were pooled using bivariate meta-analysis. The main outcome was to evaluate the of accuracy of CT and MRI in neuroprognostication of patients after cardiac arrest. RESULTS We included 44 studies that examined brain CT (n = 24) or MRI (n = 21) in 4008 (n per study, 9-398) patients. Decreased grey to white matter ratio on CT (20 studies) was useful for predicting poor neurological outcome (sensitivity 0.44, 95% CI 0.29-0.60; specificity 0.97, 95% CI 0.93-0.99; positive likelihood ratio [LR+] 13.8, 95% CI 6.9-27.7). Similarly, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) on MRI (16 studies; sensitivity 0.77, 95% CI 0.65-0.85; specificity 0.92, 95% CI 0.85-0.96; LR+ 9.2, 95% CI 5.2-16.4) and DWI and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI (4 studies, sensitivity 0.70, 95% CI 0.43-0.88; specificity 0.95, 95% CI 0.79-0.99; LR+ 13.4, 95% CI 3.5-51.2) were useful for predicting poor neurological outcomes. We found marked heterogeneity in timing of radiological examinations and neurological assessments relative to the cardiac arrest. CONCLUSION Decreased grey to white matter ratio on CT and DWI or DWI and FLAIR on MRI are useful adjuncts for predicting poor early neurological outcome after cardiac arrest.
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- Carmen Lopez Soto
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Streitberger KJ, Endisch C, Ploner CJ, Stevens R, Scheel M, Kenda M, Storm C, Leithner C. Timing of brain computed tomography and accuracy of outcome prediction after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2019; 145:8-14. [PMID: 31585185 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIM Gray-white-matter ratio (GWR) calculated from head CT is a radiologic index of tissue changes associated with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest (CA). Evidence from previous studies indicates high specificity for poor outcome prediction at GWR thresholds of 1.10-1.20. We aimed to determine the relationship between accuracy of neurologic prognostication by GWR and timing of CT. METHODS We included 195 patients admitted to the ICU following CA. GWR was calculated from CT radiologic densities in 16 regions of interest. Outcome was determined upon intensive care unit discharge using the cerebral performance category (CPC). Accuracy of outcome prediction of GWR was compared for 3 epochs (<6, 6-24, and >24 h after CA). RESULTS 125 (64%) patients had poor (CPC4-5) and 70 (36%) good outcome (CPC1-3). Irrespective of timing, specificity for poor outcome prediction was 100% at a GWR threshold of 1.10. Among 50 patients with both early and late CT, GWR decreased significantly over time (p = 0.002) in patients with poor outcome, sensitivity for poor outcome prediction was 12% (7-20%) with early CTs (<6 h) and 48% (38-58%) for late CTs (>24 h). Across all patients, sensitivity of early and late CT was 17% (9-28%) and 39% (28-51%), respectively. CONCLUSION A GWR below 1.10 predicts poor outcome (CPC4-5) in patients after CA with high specificity irrespective of time of acquisition of CT. Because GWR decreases over time in patients with severe HIE, sensitivity for prediction of poor outcome is higher for late CTs (>24 h after CA) as compared to early CTs (<6 h after CA).
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- Kaspar Josche Streitberger
- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MA, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MA, USA; Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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Usefulness of a quantitative analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid volume proportion in brain computed tomography for predicting neurological prognosis in cardiac arrest survivors who undergo target temperature management. J Crit Care 2019; 51:170-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Assessing brain injury after cardiac arrest, towards a quantitative approach. Curr Opin Crit Care 2019; 25:211-217. [DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wallisch JS, Janesko-Feldman K, Alexander H, Jha RM, Farr GW, McGuirk PR, Kline AE, Jackson TC, Pelletier MF, Clark RS, Kochanek PM, Manole MD. The aquaporin-4 inhibitor AER-271 blocks acute cerebral edema and improves early outcome in a pediatric model of asphyxial cardiac arrest. Pediatr Res 2019; 85:511-517. [PMID: 30367162 PMCID: PMC6397683 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-018-0215-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 09/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cerebral edema after cardiac arrest (CA) is associated with increased mortality and unfavorable outcome in children and adults. Aquaporin-4 mediates cerebral water movement and its absence in models of ischemia improves outcome. We investigated early and selective pharmacologic inhibition of aquaporin-4 in a clinically relevant asphyxial CA model in immature rats in a threshold CA insult that produces primarily cytotoxic edema in the absence of blood-brain barrier permeability. METHODS Postnatal day 16-18 Sprague-Dawley rats were studied in our established 9-min asphyxial CA model. Rats were randomized to aquaporin-4 inhibitor (AER-271) vs vehicle treatment, initiated at return of spontaneous circulation. Cerebral edema (% brain water) was the primary outcome with secondary assessments of the Neurologic Deficit Score (NDS), hippocampal neuronal death, and neuroinflammation. RESULTS Treatment with AER-271 ameliorated early cerebral edema measured at 3 h after CA vs vehicle treated rats. This treatment also attenuated early NDS. In contrast to rats treated with vehicle after CA, rats treated with AER-271 did not develop significant neuronal death or neuroinflammation as compared to sham. CONCLUSION Early post-resuscitation aquaporin-4 inhibition blocks the development of early cerebral edema, reduces early neurologic deficit, and blunts neuronal death and neuroinflammation post-CA.
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- Jessica S. Wallisch
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA,Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, PA,Corresponding Author: Mioara D. Manole, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, Tele: (412) 692-7692, Fax: (412) 692-7464,
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Gray matter to white matter ratio for predicting neurological outcomes in patients treated with target temperature management after cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2018; 132:21-28. [PMID: 30165096 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic accuracy of the gray matter to white matter ratio (GWR) in predicting neurological outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients treated with target temperature management. DATA SOURCES We systematically searched MEDLINE and EMBASE (Search date: 09/13/2017). Included studies were those evaluating neurological outcomes using the cerebral performance categories scale. We performed a subgroup analysis based on the location of the measurement. The Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool was used to assess the risk of bias. RESULTS In total, 1150 patients from 10 observational studies were included. GWR of the basal ganglia (BG) average showed the highest value (area under the curve [AUC] 0.96, SE 0.02, Q 0.90) compared with the putamen/posterior limb of internal capsule (AUC 0.93, SE 0.05, Q 0.87), overall average (AUC 0.91, SE 0.02, Q 0.85), and cerebrum (AUC 0.89, SE 0.05, Q 0.82) for prognostic accuracy. Furthermore, the highest pooled diagnostic odd ratio of GWR for predicting poor neurological outcomes was shown for the BG average (21.00, 95% CI 6.85-64.40) followed by the overall average (20.71, 95% CI 9.53-44.98), putamen/posterior limb of internal capsule (16.08, 95% CI 4.36-59.23), and cerebrum (13.96, 95% CI 4.26-45.76). CONCLUSIONS GWR in the early cranial computed tomography scan had high prognostic value in predicting poor neurological outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients. The BG GWR had the highest prognostic accuracy when compared to other locations of the brain.
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Moseby-Knappe M, Pellis T, Dragancea I, Friberg H, Nielsen N, Horn J, Kuiper M, Roncarati A, Siemund R, Undén J, Cronberg T. Head computed tomography for prognostication of poor outcome in comatose patients after cardiac arrest and targeted temperature management. Resuscitation 2017; 119:89-94. [PMID: 28687281 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A multimodal approach to prognostication of outcome after cardiac arrest (CA) is recommended. Evidence for combinations of methods is low. In this post-hoc analysis we described findings on head computed tomography (CT) after CA. We also examined whether generalised oedema on CT alone or together with the biomarker Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) could predict poor outcome. METHODS Patients participating in the Target Temperature Management after out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest-trial underwent CT based on clinical indications. Findings were divided into pre-specified categories according to local radiologists descriptions. Generalised oedema alone and in combination with peak NSE at either 48h or 72h was correlated with poor outcome at 6 months follow-up using the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC 3-5). RESULTS 356/939 (37.9%) of patients underwent head CT. Initial CT≤24h after CA was normal in 174/218 (79.8%), whilst generalised oedema was diagnosed in 21/218 (9.6%). Between days 1-7, generalised oedema was seen in 65/143 (45.5%), acute/subacute infarction in 27/143 (18.9%) and bleeding in 9/143 (6.3%). Overall, generalised oedema predicted poor outcome with 33.6% sensitivity (95%CI:28.1-39.5) and 98.4% specificity (95%CI:94.3-99.6), whilst peak NSE demonstrated sensitivities of 61.5-64.8% and specificity 95.7% (95%CI:89.5-98.4). The combination of peak NSE>38ng/l and generalised oedema on CT predicted poor outcome with 46.0% sensitivity (95%CI:36.5-55.8) with no false positives. NSE was significantly higher in patients with generalised oedema. CONCLUSION In this study, generalised oedema was more common >24h≤7d after CA. The combination of CT and NSE improved sensitivity and specificity compared to CT alone, with no false positives in this limited population.
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- Marion Moseby-Knappe
- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neurology, Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Panico, Tricase, Italy
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neurology, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Helsingborg Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Service AAS 5, Santa Maria Degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neuroradiology, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Hallands Hospital Halmstad, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neurology, Lund, Sweden
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Computed tomography of the brain following out of hospital cardiac arrest: Neuro-prognostication or phrenology? Resuscitation 2016; 104:A3-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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