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Ueno R, Reddy MP, Jones D, Pilcher D, Subramaniam A. The impact of frailty on survival times up to one year among patients admitted to ICU with in-hospital cardiac arrest. J Crit Care 2024; 83:154842. [PMID: 38865757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a serious medical emergency. When IHCA occurs in patients with frailty, short-term survival is poor. However, the impact of frailty on long-term survival is unknown. METHODS We performed a retrospective multicentre study of all critically ill adult (age ≥ 16 years) patients admitted to Australian intensive care units (ICU) between 1st January 2018 to 31st March 2022. We included all patients who had an IHCA within the 24 h before ICU admission with a documented Clinical Frail Scale (CFS). The primary outcome was median survival up to one year following ICU admission. The effect of frailty on one-year survival was assessed using a Cox proportional hazards model, adjusting for age, sex, comorbidities, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, and hospital type. RESULTS We examined 3769 patients, of whom 30.8% (n = 1160) were frail (CFS ≥ 5). The median survival was significantly shorter for patients with frailty (median [IQR] days 19 [1-365] vs 302 [9-365]; p < 0.001). The overall one-year mortality was worse for the patients with frailty when compared to the non-frail group (64.8% [95%CI 61.9-67.5] vs 36.4% [95%CI 34.5-38.3], p < 0.001). Each unit increment in the CFS was associated with 22% worse survival outcome (adjusted Hazard ratio = 1.22, 95%-CI 1.19-1.26), after adjustment for confounders. The survival trend was similar among patients who survived the hospitalization. CONCLUSION In this retrospective multicentre study, frailty was associated with poorer one-year survival in patients admitted to Australian ICUs following an IHCA.
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- Ryo Ueno
- Intensive Care Medicine, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Peninsula Health, Victoria, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, Calvary Hospital Health, Canberra, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia; University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, Alfred Health, Victoria, Australia; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcome and Resources Evaluation, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, Peninsula Health, Victoria, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, Monash Health, Victoria, Australia; Monash University, Peninsula Clinical School, Victoria, Australia
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Tosi DM, Fernandez MC, Oomrigar S, Burton LP, Hammel IS, Quartin A, Ruiz JG. Association of Frailty and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes in Older U.S. Veterans. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2024; 41:398-404. [PMID: 37078363 DOI: 10.1177/10499091231171389] [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] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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Objectives: Determine the association between frailty and immediate survival of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in older Veterans. Secondary outcomes: compare in-hospital mortality, duration of resuscitation efforts, hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, neurologic outcomes, and discharge disposition between frail and non-frail Veterans. Methods: Retrospective cohort study including Veterans 50 years and older, who were "Full Code" and had in-hospital cardiac arrest between 7/1/2017 and 6/30/2020, at the Miami VAMC. Frailty Index for the VA (VA-FI) was used to determine frailty status. Immediate Survival was determined by return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and in-hospital mortality was determined by all-cause mortality. We compared outcomes between frail and non-frail Veterans using chi-square test. After adjusting for age, gender, race, and previous hospitalizations, we used multivariate binomial logistic regression with 95% confidence intervals to analyze the relationship between immediate survival and frailty, and in-hospital mortality and frailty. Results: 91% Veterans were non-Hispanic, 49% Caucasian, 96% male, mean age 70.7 ± 8.5 years, 73% frail and 27% non-frail. Seventy-six (65.5%) Veterans had ROSC, without difference by frailty status (P = .891). There was no difference based on frailty status of in-hospital mortality, discharge disposition, or neurologic outcomes. Frail and non-frail Veterans had resuscitation efforts lasting the same amount of time. Conclusions and Implications: CPR outcomes were not different depending on frailty status in our Veteran population. With these results, we cannot use frailty - as measured by the VA-FI - as a prognosticator of CPR outcomes in Veterans.
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- Dominique M Tosi
- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
- University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC, Miami, FL, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Lloyd A, Thomas E, Scaife J, Leopold N. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the frail and those with multiple health conditions: Outcomes before and during the COVID pandemic. Clin Med (Lond) 2024; 24:100001. [PMID: 38387206 PMCID: PMC11024814 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2023.100001] [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] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)-era resuscitation guidelines advised personal protective equipment before chest compressions and proactive advanced care planning. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) outcomes according to scoring of frailty and of multiple health conditions. A retrospective single-centre analysis of clinical and electronic records for all adult cardiac arrest calls on wards between June 2020 and June 2021 was performed. Data were compared with a cohort pre-COVID (March 2017-March 2018). In total, 62 patients received CPR in 2020-21 compared with 113 in 2017-18. Similar rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and a statistically insignificant survival increase from 23.8% to 32.2% (p=0.210). There were linear relationships between Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) or Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and diminished survival in the pooled data (both p<0.001). Both increasing frailty (measured by CFS) and comorbidity (measured by CCI) were associated with reduced survival from CPR. However, survival and ROSC during COVID-19 were no worse than before the pandemic.
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- Aled Lloyd
- Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
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- Singleton Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
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- Singleton Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
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- Singleton Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
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Goldstein J, Rockwood K, Lee JS. Pre-arrest frailty and implications for cardiac arrest care. Resuscitation 2023; 187:109793. [PMID: 37044355 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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- Judah Goldstein
- Division of EMS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hu FY, Streiter S, O'Mara L, Sison SM, Theou O, Bernacki R, Orkaby A. Frailty and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. J Gen Intern Med 2022; 37:3554-3561. [PMID: 34981346 PMCID: PMC9585129 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07199-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Older adults face high mortality following resuscitation efforts for in-hospital cardiac arrest. Less is known about the role of frailty in survival to discharge after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether frailty, measured by the Clinical Frailty Scale, is associated with mortality after cardiopulmonary resuscitation following in-hospital cardiac arrest in older adults in the USA. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS Patients ≥ 65 years who had undergone cardiopulmonary resuscitation during an inpatient admission at two urban academic hospitals and three suburban community hospitals within a Boston area healthcare system from January 2018-January 2020. Patients with Clinical Frailty Scale scores 1-3 were considered not frail, 4-6 were considered very mildly, mildly, and moderately frail, respectively, and 7-9 were considered severely frail. MAIN MEASURES In-hospital mortality after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. KEY RESULTS Among 324 patients who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation following in-hospital cardiac arrest, 73.1% experienced in-hospital mortality. Patients with a Clinical Frailty Scale score of 1-3 had 54% in-hospital mortality, which increased to 66%, 78%, 84%, and 84% for those with a Clinical Frailty Scale score of 4, 5, 6, and 7-9, respectively (p = 0.001). After adjusting for age, sex, race, and Charlson Comorbidity Index, higher frailty scores were significantly associated with higher odds of in-hospital mortality. Compared to those with a Clinical Frailty Scale score of 1-3, odds ratios (95% CI) for in-hospital mortality for patients with a Clinical Frailty Scale score of 4, 5, 6, and 7-9 were 1.6 (0.8-3.3), 3.0 (1.3-7.1), 4.4 (1.9-9.9), and 4.6 (1.8-11.8), respectively (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Higher levels of frailty are associated with increased mortality after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in older adults. Clinicians may consider using the Clinical Frailty Scale to help guide goals of care conversations, including discussion of code status, in this patient population.
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- Frances Y Hu
- Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, Suite 2-016, Boston, MA, 02120, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Aging, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, Suite 2-016, Boston, MA, 02120, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- School of Physiotherapy and Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Aging, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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Outcomes in adults living with frailty receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resusc Plus 2022; 11:100266. [PMID: 35812717 PMCID: PMC9256816 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Frailty is a clinical expression of adverse ageing which could be a valuable predictor of outcomes from cardiac arrest. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate survival outcomes in adults living with frailty versus adults living without frailty receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) following cardiac arrest. Methods A comprehensive search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases was performed using pre-defined search terms, with no date or language restrictions applied. Prospective and retrospective observational studies measuring outcomes from CPR in adults assessed for frailty using an accepted clinical definition were selected. Results Eight eligible studies were included. Seven retrospective observational studies presenting high methodological quality were included in a meta-analysis comprising 1704 participants. Frailty was strongly associated with an increased likelihood of mortality after CPR, with moderate inter-study heterogeneity (OR = 3.56, 95% CI = 2.74–4.63, I2 = 71%). Discussion This review supports the consideration of frailty status in a holistic approach to CPR. The present findings suggest that frailty status provides valuable prognostic information and could complement other known pre-arrest prognostic factors such as comorbidities in the context of Do Not Attempt CPR consideration. Awareness of the poorer outcomes in those living with frailty could support the identification of individuals less likely to benefit from CPR. Validation of our findings and evaluation of quality-of-life in frail individuals surviving cardiac arrest are prerequisites for the future integration of frailty status into CPR clinical decision-making. Registration Prospectively registered on PROSPERO: CRD42020223670.
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Mercier E, Mowbray FI. Patient-important outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest: Using frailty to move beyond prediction of immediate survival. Resuscitation 2022; 179:38-40. [PMID: 35933058 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Eric Mercier
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable de l'Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Axe Santé des Populations et Pratiques Optimales en Santé, Unité de recherche en Traumatologie - Urgence - Soins Intensifs, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Département de médecine familiale et médecine d'urgence, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Canada
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Holmström E, Efendijev I, Raj R, Pekkarinen PT, Litonius E, Skrifvars MB. Intensive care-treated cardiac arrest: a retrospective study on the impact of extended age on mortality, neurological outcome, received treatments and healthcare-associated costs. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2021; 29:103. [PMID: 34321064 PMCID: PMC8317381 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-021-00923-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Cardiac arrest (CA) is a leading cause of death worldwide. As population ages, the need for research focusing on CA in elderly increases. This study investigated treatment intensity, 12-month neurological outcome, mortality and healthcare-associated costs for patients aged over 75 years treated for CA in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital. Methods This single-centre retrospective study included adult CA patients treated in a Finnish tertiary hospital’s ICU between 2005 and 2013. We stratified the study population into two age groups: <75 and \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$\ge$$\end{document}≥75 years. We compared interventions defined by the median daily therapeutic scoring system (TISS-76) between the age groups to find differences in treatment intensity. We calculated cost-effectiveness by dividing the total one-year healthcare-associated costs of all patients by the number of survivors with a favourable neurological outcome. Favourable outcome was defined as a cerebral performance category (CPC) of 1–2 at 12 months after cardiac arrest. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent associations between age group, mortality and neurological outcome. Results This study included a total of 1,285 patients, of which 212 (16 %) were \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$\ge$$\end{document}≥75 years of age. Treatment intensity was lower for the elderly compared to the younger group, with median TISS scores of 116 and 147, respectively (p < 0.001). The effective cost in euros for patients with a good one-year neurological outcome was €168,000 for the elderly and €120,000 for the younger group. At 12 months after CA 24 % of the patients in the elderly group and 47 % of the patients in the younger group had a CPC of 1–2 (p < 0.001). Age was an independent predictor of mortality (multivariate OR = 2.90, 95 % CI: 1.94–4.31, p < 0.001) and neurological outcome (multivariate OR = 3.15, 95 % CI: 2.04–4.86, p < 0.001). Conclusions The elderly ICU-treated CA patients in this study had worse neurological outcomes, higher mortality and lower cost-effectiveness than younger patients. Elderly received less intense treatment. Further efforts are needed to recognize the tools for assessing which elderly patients benefit from a more aggressive treatment approach in order to improve the cost-effectiveness of post-CA management. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13049-021-00923-0.
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- Ester Holmström
- Department of Emergency Care and Services, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Emergency Care and Services, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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