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Amacher SA, Arpagaus A, Sahmer C, Becker C, Gross S, Urben T, Tisljar K, Sutter R, Marsch S, Hunziker S. Prediction of outcomes after cardiac arrest by a generative artificial intelligence model. Resusc Plus 2024; 18:100587. [PMID: 38433764 PMCID: PMC10906512 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Aims To investigate the prognostic accuracy of a non-medical generative artificial intelligence model (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 4 - ChatGPT-4) as a novel aspect in predicting death and poor neurological outcome at hospital discharge based on real-life data from cardiac arrest patients. Methods This prospective cohort study investigates the prognostic performance of ChatGPT-4 to predict outcomes at hospital discharge of adult cardiac arrest patients admitted to intensive care at a large Swiss tertiary academic medical center (COMMUNICATE/PROPHETIC cohort study). We prompted ChatGPT-4 with sixteen prognostic parameters derived from established post-cardiac arrest scores for each patient. We compared the prognostic performance of ChatGPT-4 regarding the area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and likelihood ratios of three cardiac arrest scores (Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [OHCA], Cardiac Arrest Hospital Prognosis [CAHP], and PROgnostication using LOGistic regression model for Unselected adult cardiac arrest patients in the Early stages [PROLOGUE score]) for in-hospital mortality and poor neurological outcome. Results Mortality at hospital discharge was 43% (n = 309/713), 54% of patients (n = 387/713) had a poor neurological outcome. ChatGPT-4 showed good discrimination regarding in-hospital mortality with an AUC of 0.85, similar to the OHCA, CAHP, and PROLOGUE (AUCs of 0.82, 0.83, and 0.84, respectively) scores. For poor neurological outcome, ChatGPT-4 showed a similar prediction to the post-cardiac arrest scores (AUC 0.83). Conclusions ChatGPT-4 showed a similar performance in predicting mortality and poor neurological outcome compared to validated post-cardiac arrest scores. However, more research is needed regarding illogical answers for potential incorporation of an LLM in the multimodal outcome prognostication after cardiac arrest.
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- Simon A. Amacher
- Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medical Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Emergency Medicine, Department of Acute Medical Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Emergency Medicine, Department of Acute Medical Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medical Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medical Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Acute Medical Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Post-Intensive Care Clinic, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Sampat V, Whitinger J, Flynn-O'Brien K, Kim I, Balakrishnan B, Mehta N, Sawdy R, Patel ND, Nallamothu R, Zhang L, Yan K, Zvara K, Farias-Moeller R. Accuracy of Early Neuroprognostication in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Pediatr Neurol 2024; 155:36-43. [PMID: 38581727 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Children with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) are at risk for neurological sequelae impacting function. Clinicians are tasked with neuroprognostication to assist in decision-making. We describe a single-center study assessing clinicians' neuroprognostication accuracy. METHODS Clinicians of various specialties caring for children with sTBI were asked to predict their patients' functioning three to six months postinjury. Clinicians were asked to participate in the study if their patient had survived but not returned to baseline between day 4 and 7 postinjury. The outcome tool utilized was the functional status scale (FSS), ranging from 6 to 30 (best-worst function). Predicted scores were compared with actual scores three to six months postinjury. Lin concordance correlation coefficients were used to estimate agreement between predicted and actual FSS. Outcome was dichotomized as good (FSS 6 to 8) or poor (FSS ≥9). Positive and negative predictive values for poor outcome were calculated. Pessimistic prognostic prediction was defined as predicted worse outcome by ≥3 FSS points. Demographic and clinical variables were collected. RESULTS A total of 107 surveys were collected on 24 patients. Two children died. Fifteen children had complete (FSS = 6) or near-complete (FSS = 7) recovery. Mean predicted and actual FSS scores were 10.8 (S.D. 5.6) and 8.6 (S.D. 4.1), respectively. Predicted FSS scores were higher than actual scores (P < 0.001). Eight children had collective pessimistic prognostic prediction. CONCLUSIONS Clinicians predicted worse functional outcomes, despite high percentage of patients with near-normal function at follow-up clinic. Certain patient and provider factors were noted to impact accuracy and need to be studied in larger cohorts.
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- Varun Sampat
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Quantitative Health Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Quantitative Health Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Zhou D, Lv Y, Wang C, Li D. The early change in pH values after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is not associated with neurological outcome at hospital discharge. Resusc Plus 2024; 18:100650. [PMID: 38711912 PMCID: PMC11070929 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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Background The association between pH values and outcome for patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) was not fully elucidated; besides, the relationship of change in pH values and neurological outcome was unknown. The aim was to explore the association of pH values as well as change in pH values and neurological outcome for OHCA cardiac patients. Methods The adult patients with non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and at least two arterial blood gases analysis recorded after admission were included. The change in pH values is calculated as the difference between the second and first pH value, and divided by time interval got the rate of change in pH values. The primary outcome was modified Rankin Score (mRS), dichotomized to good (mRS 0-3) and poor (mRS 4-6) outcomes at hospital discharge. The independent relationship of the first pH value, second pH value, and changes in pH values with neurological outcome was investigated with multivariable logistic regression models, respectively. Results A total of 1388 adult patients were included for analysis, of which 514 (37%) had good neurological outcome. The median first pH value and second pH value after admission were 7.21 (interquartile range [IQR] 7.09-7.29) and 7.28 (IQR 7.20-7.36), respectively. The median absolute, relative change, and rate of changes in pH values were 0.08 (IQR 0.01-0.16), 1.10% (IQR 0.11-2.22%), and 0.02 (IQR 0-0.06) per hour, respectively. After adjusting for confounders, the higher first pH value (odds ratio [OR] 3.81, confidence interval [CI] 1.60-9.24, P = 0.003) and higher second pH value (OR 9.54, CI 3.45-26.87, P < 0.001) after admission were associated with good neurological outcome, respectively. The absolute (OR 1.58, CI 0.58-4.30, P = 0.368) and relative (OR 1.03, CI 0.96-1.11, P = 0.399) change as well as the rate of change (OR 0.98, CI 0.33-2.71, P = 974) in pH values were not associated with neurological outcome. Conclusions For OHCA patients, abnormality in pH values was very common, with a more acidic pH value indicating poor neurological outcome. However, the change in pH values was not associated with outcomes.
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- Dawei Zhou
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Taira T, Inoue A, Okamoto H, Maekawa K, Hifumi T, Sakamoto T, Kuroda Y, Suga M, Nishimura T, Ijuin S, Ishihara S. Fluid balance during acute phase extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation and outcomes in OHCA patients: a retrospective multicenter cohort study. Clin Res Cardiol 2024:10.1007/s00392-024-02444-z. [PMID: 38635032 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-024-02444-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The association between fluid balance and outcomes in patients who underwent out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and received extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) remains unknown. We aimed to examine the above relationship during the first 24 h following intensive care unit (ICU) admission. METHODS We performed a secondary analysis of the SAVE-J II study, a retrospective multicenter study involving OHCA patients aged ≥ 18 years treated with ECPR between 2013 and 2018 and who received fluid therapy following ICU admission. Fluid balance was calculated based on intravenous fluid administration, blood transfusion, and urine output. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. The secondary outcomes included unfavorable outcome (cerebral performance category scores of 3-5 at discharge), acute kidney injury (AKI), and need for renal replacement therapy (RRT). RESULTS Overall, 959 patients met our inclusion criteria. In-hospital mortality was 63.6%, and the proportion of unfavorable outcome at discharge was 82.0%. The median fluid balance in the first 24 h following ICU admission was 3673 mL. Multivariable analysis revealed that fluid balance was significantly associated with in-hospital mortality (odds ratio (OR), 1.04; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.02-1.06; p < 0.001), unfavorable outcome (OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.06; p = 0.005), AKI (OR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02-1.05; p < 0.001), and RRT (OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.03-1.07; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Excessive positive fluid balance in the first day following ICU admission was associated with in-hospital mortality, unfavorable outcome, AKI, and RRT in ECPR patients. Further investigation is warranted.
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- Takuya Taira
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan
- Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan
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Lee S, Jin BY, Lee S, Kim SJ, Park JH, Kim JY, Cho H, Moon S, Ahn S. Age and sex-related differences in outcomes of OHCA patients after adjustment for sex-based in-hospital management disparities. Am J Emerg Med 2024; 80:178-184. [PMID: 38613987 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival differences due to sex remain controversial. Previous studies adjusted for prehospital variables, but not sex-based in-hospital management disparities. We aimed to investigate age and sex-related differences in survival outcomes in OHCA patients after adjustment for sex-based in-hospital management disparities. METHODS This retrospective observational study used a prospective multicenter OHCA registry to review data of patients from October 2015 to December 2020. The primary outcome was good neurological outcome defined as cerebral performance category score 1 or 2. We performed multivariable logistic regression and restricted cubic spline analysis according to age. RESULTS Totally, 8988 patients were analyzed. Women showed poorer prehospital characteristics and received fewer coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary interventions, targeted temperature management, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation than men. Good neurological outcomes were lower in women than in men (5.8% vs. 12.2%, p < 0.001). After adjustment for age, prehospital variables, and in-hospital management, women were more likely to have good neurological outcomes than men (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.37, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.07-1.74, p = 0.012). The restricted cubic spline curve showed a reverse sigmoid pattern of adjusted predicted probability of outcomes and dynamic associations of sex and age-based outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Women with OHCA were more likely to have good neurological outcome after adjusting for age, prehospital variables, and sex-based in-hospital management disparities. There were non-linear associations between sex and survival outcomes according to age and age-related sex-based differences.
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- Seungye Lee
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
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Crippa IA, Vincent JL, Zama Cavicchi F, Pozzebon S, Gaspard N, Maenhout C, Creteur J, Taccone FS. Estimated Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Intracranial Pressure in Septic Patients. Neurocrit Care 2024; 40:577-586. [PMID: 37420137 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01783-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sepsis-associated brain dysfunction (SABD) is frequent and is associated with poor outcome. Changes in brain hemodynamics remain poorly described in this setting. The aim of this study was to investigate the alterations of cerebral perfusion pressure and intracranial pressure in a cohort of septic patients. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data in septic adults admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU). We included patients in whom transcranial Doppler recording performed within 48 h from diagnosis of sepsis was available. Exclusion criteria were intracranial disease, known vascular stenosis, cardiac arrhythmias, pacemaker, mechanical cardiac support, severe hypotension, and severe hypocapnia or hypercapnia. SABD was clinically diagnosed by the attending physician, anytime during the ICU stay. Estimated cerebral perfusion pressure (eCPP) and estimated intracranial pressure (eICP) were calculated from the blood flow velocity of the middle cerebral artery and invasive arterial pressure using a previously validated formula. Normal eCPP was defined as eCPP ≥ 60 mm Hg, low eCPP was defined as eCPP < 60 mm Hg; normal eICP was defined as eICP ≤ 20 mm Hg, and high eICP was defined as eICP > 20 mm Hg. RESULTS A total of 132 patients were included in the final analysis (71% male, median [interquartile range (IQR)] age was 64 [52-71] years, median [IQR] Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score on admission was 21 [15-28]). Sixty-nine (49%) patients developed SABD during the ICU stay, and 38 (29%) were dead at hospital discharge. Transcranial Doppler recording lasted 9 (IQR 7-12) min. Median (IQR) eCPP was 63 (58-71) mm Hg in the cohort; 44 of 132 (33%) patients had low eCPP. Median (IQR) eICP was 8 (4-13) mm Hg; five (4%) patients had high eICP. SABD occurrence and in-hospital mortality did not differ between patients with normal eCPP and patients with low eCPP or between patients with normal eICP and patients with high eICP. Eighty-six (65%) patients had normal eCPP and normal eICP, 41 (31%) patients had low eCPP and normal eICP, three (2%) patients had low eCPP and high eICP, and two (2%) patients had normal eCPP and high eICP; however, SABD occurrence and in-hospital mortality were not significantly different among these subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Brain hemodynamics, in particular CPP, were altered in one third of critically ill septic patients at a steady state of monitoring performed early during the course of sepsis. However, these alterations were equally common in patients who developed or did not develop SABD during the ICU stay and in patients with favorable or unfavorable outcome.
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- Ilaria Alice Crippa
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Policlinico San Marco, Gruppo San Donato, Corso Europa 7, 24046, Zingonia, Italy.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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Bellapart J, Laupland KB, Malacova E, Roberts JA, Paratz J. Nimodipine prophylaxis in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, a question of tradition or evidence: A scoping review. J Clin Neurosci 2024; 123:91-99. [PMID: 38564967 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2024.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND The prophylactic use of nimodipine following subarachnoid hemorrhage is a practice established four decades ago when clinical management differed from current and the concept of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia (DCI) was not established. The applicability of the original studies is limited by the fact of not reflecting current practice; by utilising a dichotomised outcome measure such as good neurological outcome versus death and vegetative state; by applying variable dosing regimens and including all causes of poor neurological outcome different than DCI. This study aims to review the available evidence to discuss the ongoing role of nimodipine in contemporaneous clinical practice. METHODS PRISMA guidelines based review, evaluated the evidence on the prophylactic use of nimodipine. The following search engines: Medline, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science and PubMed, identified Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) with neurological benefit as outcome measure and the impact of fixed versus weight-based nimodipine dosing regimens. RESULTS Eight RCT were selected. Three of those trials with a total of 349 patients, showed a reduction on death and vegetative state (pooled RR: 0.62; 95 % confidence interval-CI: 0.45, 0.86) related to DCI. Amongst all studies, all cause death (pooled RR = 0.73, [95 % CI: 0.56, 0.97]) favoured a fixed-dose regimen (pooled RR: 0.60; [95 % CI: 0.43, 0.85]). CONCLUSION Available evidence demonstrates that nimodipine only reduces the risk for DCI-related death or vegetative state and that fixed-dose regimens favour all cause infarct and death independent of DCI. Contemporaneous studies assessing the benefit of nimodipine beyond death or vegetative states and applying individualized dosing are warranted.
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- Judith Bellapart
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, the University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston, 4029, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
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- University of Queensland Centre of Clinical Research (UQCCR), the University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia; Department of Pharmacy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
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Su PI, Tsai MS, Chen WT, Wang CH, Chang WT, Ma MHM, Chen WJ, Huang CH, Chen YS. Prognostic value of arterial carbon dioxide tension during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving extracorporeal resuscitation. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2024; 32:23. [PMID: 38515204 PMCID: PMC10958860 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-024-01195-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Current guidelines on extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) recommend careful patient selection, but precise criteria are lacking. Arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) has prognostic value in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients but has been less studied in patients receiving ECPR. We studied the relationship between PaCO2 during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and neurological outcomes of OHCA patients receiving ECPR and tested whether PaCO2 could help ECPR selection. METHODS This single-centre retrospective study enrolled 152 OHCA patients who received ECPR between January 2012 and December 2020. Favorable neurological outcome (FO) at discharge was the primary outcome. We used multivariable logistic regression to determine the independent variables for FO and generalised additive model (GAM) to determine the relationship between PaCO2 and FO. Subgroup analyses were performed to test discriminative ability of PaCO2 in subgroups of OHCA patients. RESULTS Multivariable logistic regression showed that PaCO2 was independently associated with FO after adjusting for other favorable resuscitation characteristics (Odds ratio [OR] 0.23, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 0.08-0.66, p-value = 0.006). GAM showed a near-linear reverse relationship between PaCO2 and FO. PaCO2 < 70 mmHg was the cutoff point for predicting FO. PaCO2 also had prognostic value in patients with less favorable characteristics, including non-shockable rhythm (OR, 3.78) or low flow time > 60 min (OR, 4.66). CONCLUSION PaCO2 before ECMO implementation had prognostic value for neurological outcomes in OHCA patients. Patients with PaCO2 < 70 mmHg had higher possibility of FO, even in those with non-shockable rhythm or longer low-flow duration. PaCO2 could serve as an ECPR selection criterion.
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- Pei-I Su
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC)
- Departments of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100, Taiwan (ROC).
- Departments of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Vahedian-Azimi A, Hassan IF, Rahimi-Bashar F, Elmelliti H, Akbar A, Shehata AL, Ibrahim AS, Ait Hssain A. Risk factors for neurological disability outcomes in patients under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following cardiac arrest: An observational study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2024; 83:103674. [PMID: 38461711 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify factors associated with neurological and disability outcomes in patients who underwent ECMO following cardiac arrest. METHODS This retrospective, single-center, observational study included adult patients who received ECMO treatment for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) between February 2016 and March 2020. Factors associated with neurological and disability outcomes in these patients who underwent ECMO were assessed. SETTING Hamad General Hospital, Qatar. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Neurological disability outcomes were assessed using the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scale. RESULTS Among the 48 patients included, 37 (77 %) experienced OHCA, and 11 (23 %) had IHCA. The 28-day survival rate was 14 (29.2 %). Of the survivors, 9 (64.3 %) achieved a good neurological outcome, while 5 (35.7 %) experienced poor neurological outcomes. Regarding disability, 5 (35.7 %) of survivors had no disability, while 9 (64.3 %) had some form of disability. The results showed significantly shorter median time intervals in minutes, including collapse to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (3 vs. 6, P = 0.001), CPR duration (12 vs. 35, P = 0.001), CPR to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) (20 vs. 40, P = 0.001), and collapse-to-ECPR (23 vs. 45, P = 0.001), in the good outcome group compared to the poor outcome group. CONCLUSION This study emphasizes the importance of minimizing the time between collapse and CPR/ECMO initiation to improve neurological outcomes and reduce disability in cardiac arrest patients. However, no significant associations were found between outcomes and other demographic or clinical variables in this study. Further research with a larger sample size is needed to validate these findings. IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE The study underscores the significance of reducing the time between collapse and the initiation of CPR and ECMO. Shorter time intervals were associated with improved neurological outcomes and reduced disability in cardiac arrest patients.
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- Amir Vahedian-Azimi
- Trauma Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
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Taira T, Inoue A, Kuroda Y, Oosuki G, Suga M, Nishimura T, Ijuin S, Ishihara S. The association between blood glucose levels on arrival at the hospital and patient outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A multicenter cohort study. Am J Emerg Med 2024; 77:46-52. [PMID: 38101226 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the association between blood glucose levels on arrival at the hospital and 1-month survival and favorable neurological outcomes in patients with OHCA using a large Japanese dataset. METHODS This study was a secondary analysis of data from the JAAM-OHCA Registry. Adult (≥18 years) patients with witnessed OHCA transported to emergency departments and registered in the database from June 2014 to December 2019 were included in the study. The primary and secondary endpoints were 1-month survival and 1-month favorable neurological outcomes (Glasgow-Pittsburgh Cerebral Performance Category score 1 or 2), respectively. Patients were categorized into the following four groups based on blood glucose levels on arrival at the hospital: <80 mg/dL, 80-179 mg/dL, 180-299 mg/dL, and ≥300 mg/dL. RESULTS This study included 11,387 patients. Survival rates were 1.3%, 3.1%, 7.0%, and 5.7% in the <80 mg/dL, 80-179 mg/dL, 180-299 mg/dL, and ≥ 300 mg/dL blood glucose groups, respectively. The rates of favorable neurological outcomes in each group were 0.4%, 1.5%, 3.3%, and 2.5%, respectively. Multivariable analysis showed that 180-299 mg/dL glucose was significantly associated with 1-month survival and favorable neurological outcomes compared with 80-179 mg/dL glucose (odds ratio [OR], 1.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34-2.31; p < 0.001 and OR, 1.52; 95 % Cl, 1.02-2.25; p = 0.035, respectively). In this study, blood glucose levels with the best outcomes likely ranged from 200 to 250 mg/dL based on the cubic spline regression model. CONCLUSIONS Blood glucose level of 180-299 mg/dL on arrival at the hospital was significantly associated with 1-month survival and favorable neurological outcomes compared to blood glucose level of 80-179 mg/dL in patients with OHCA.
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- Takuya Taira
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Tominaga N, Takiguchi T, Seki T, Hamaguchi T, Nakata J, Yamamoto T, Tagami T, Inoue A, Hifumi T, Sakamoto T, Kuroda Y, Yokobori S. Factors associated with favourable neurological outcomes following cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective multi-centre cohort study. Resusc Plus 2024; 17:100574. [PMID: 38370315 PMCID: PMC10869306 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Aim To investigate the factors associated with favourable neurological outcomes in adult patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods This retrospective observational study used secondary analysis of the SAVE-J II multicentre registry data from 36 institutions in Japan. Between 2013 and 2018, 2157 patients with OHCA who underwent ECPR were enrolled in SAVE-J II. A total of 1823 patients met the study inclusion criteria. Adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) with OHCA, who underwent ECPR before admission to the intensive care unit, were included in our secondary analysis. The primary outcome was a favourable neurological outcome at hospital discharge, defined as a Cerebral Performance Category score of 1 or 2. We used a multivariate logistic regression model to examine the association between factors measured at the incident scene or upon hospital arrival and favourable neurological outcomes. Results Multivariable analysis revealed that shockable rhythm at the scene [odds ratio (OR); 2.11; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.16-3.95] and upon hospital arrival (OR 2.59; 95% CI 1.60-4.30), bystander CPR (OR 1.63; 95% CI 1.03-1.88), body movement during resuscitation (OR 7.10; 95% CI 1.79-32.90), gasping (OR 4.33; 95% CI 2.57-7.28), pupillary reflex on arrival (OR 2.93; 95% CI 1.73-4.95), and male sex (OR 0.43; 95% CI 0.24-0.75) significantly correlated with neurological outcomes. Conclusions Shockable rhythm, bystander CPR, body movement during resuscitation, gasping, pupillary reflex, and sex were associated with favourable neurological outcomes in patients with OHCA treated with ECPR.
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- Naoki Tominaga
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Healthcare Information Management, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Healthcare Information Management, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Intensive Care, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Intensive Care, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Centre, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Healthcare Information Management, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Cardiovascular Intensive Care, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Centre, Kobe, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
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Thuccani M, Joelsson S, Lilja L, Strålin A, Nilsson J, Redfors P, Rawshani A, Herlitz J, Lundgren P, Rylander C. The capacity of neurological pupil index to predict the absence of somatosensory evoked potentials after cardiac arrest - An observational study. Resusc Plus 2024; 17:100567. [PMID: 38328749 PMCID: PMC10848026 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Background In neurologic prognostication of comatose survivors from cardiac arrest, two independent predictors of poor outcome are the loss of the Pupillary light reflex (PLR) and the loss of the N20 response from Somatosensory Evoked potentials (SSEP). The PLR can be quantitatively assessed by pupillometry. Both tests depend on the midbrain, in which a dysfunction reflects a severe hypoxic injury. We reasoned that a certain level of defective PLR would be predictive of a bilaterally absent SSEP N20 response. Method Neurological Pupil index (NPi) from the pupillometry and the SSEP N20 response were registered >48 h after cardiac arrest in comatose survivors. Clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the capacity of NPi to predict bilaterally absent SSEP N20 response. An NPi threshold value resulting in <5% false positive rate (FPR) for bilaterally absent N20 response was identified. Results From February 2020 to August 2022, we included 54 patients out of which 49 had conclusive pupillometry and SSEP examinations. The NPi threshold value with FPR < 5% was 3.4, yielding 36% sensitivity (95% CI 18-55) and significantly discriminated between respective groups with preserved and bilaterally absent N20 response to SSEP (p-value <0.01). Conclusion In this limited cohort, NPi < 3.4 in patients remaining comatose >48 hours after cardiac arrest predicted bilateral loss of the SSEP N20 response with a FPR < 5%. If validated in a larger cohort, an NPi threshold may be clinically applied in settings where SSEP is unavailable.
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- Meena Thuccani
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Karlstad Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Prehospen – Centre for Prehospital Research, University of Borås, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Prehospen – Centre for Prehospital Research, University of Borås, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Wang CH, Ho LT, Wu MC, Wu CY, Tay J, Su PI, Tsai MS, Wu YW, Chang WT, Huang CH, Chen WJ. Prognostic implication of heart failure stage and left ventricular ejection fraction for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest: a 16-year retrospective cohort study. Clin Res Cardiol 2024:10.1007/s00392-024-02403-8. [PMID: 38407585 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-024-02403-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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BACKGROUND The 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA guidelines for the management of heart failure (HF) makes therapeutic recommendations based on HF status. We investigated whether the prognosis of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) could be stratified by HF stage and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS This single-center retrospective study analyzed the data of patients who experienced IHCA between 2005 and 2020. Based on admission diagnosis, past medical records, and pre-arrest echocardiography, patients were classified into general IHCA, at-risk for HF, pre-HF, HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction or HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF-or-HFrEF) groups. RESULTS This study included 2,466 patients, including 485 (19.7%), 546 (22.1%), 863 (35.0%), 342 (13.9%), and 230 (9.3%) patients with general IHCA, at-risk for HF, pre-HF, HFpEF, and HFmrEF-or-HFrEF, respectively. A total of 405 (16.4%) patients survived to hospital discharge, with 228 (9.2%) patients achieving favorable neurological recovery. Multivariable logistic regression analysis indicated that pre-HF and HFpEF were associated with better neurological (pre-HF, OR: 2.11, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.23-3.61, p = 0.006; HFpEF, OR: 1.90, 95% CI: 1.00-3.61, p = 0.05) and survival outcomes (pre-HF, OR: 2.00, 95% CI: 1.34-2.97, p < 0.001; HFpEF, OR: 1.91, 95% CI: 1.20-3.05, p = 0.007), compared with general IHCA. CONCLUSION HF stage and LVEF could stratify patients with IHCA into different prognoses. Pre-HF and HFpEF were significantly associated with favorable neurological and survival outcomes after IHCA. Further studies are warranted to investigate whether HF status-directed management could improve IHCA outcomes.
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- Chih-Hung Wang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology Division of Cardiovascular Medical Center, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, Republic of China.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Beer BN, Kellner C, Goßling A, Sundermeyer J, Besch L, Dettling A, Kirchhof P, Blankenberg S, Bernhardt AM, Brunner S, Colson P, Eckner D, Frank D, Eitel I, Frey N, Eden M, Graf T, Kupka D, Landmesser U, Majunke N, Maniuc O, Möbius-Winkler S, Morrow DA, Mourad M, Noel C, Nordbeck P, Orban M, Pappalardo F, Patel SM, Pauschinger M, Reichenspurner H, Schulze PC, Schwinger RHG, Wechsler A, Skurk C, Thiele H, Varshney AS, Sag CM, Krais J, Westermann D, Schrage B. Complications in patients with cardiogenic shock on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy: distribution and relevance. Results from an international, multicentre cohort study. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2024; 13:203-212. [PMID: 37875127 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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AIMS Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (VA-ECMO) restores circulation and tissue oxygenation in cardiogenic shock (CS) patients, but can also lead to complications. This study aimed to quantify VA-ECMO complications and analyse their association with overall survival as well as favourable neurological outcome (cerebral performance categories 1 + 2). METHODS AND RESULTS All-comer patients with CS treated with VA-ECMO were retrospectively enrolled from 16 centres in four countries (2005-2019). Neurological, bleeding, and ischaemic adverse events (AEs) were considered. From these, typical VA-ECMO complications were identified and analysed separately as device-related complications. n = 501. Overall, 118 were women (24%), median age was 56.0 years, median lactate was 8.1 mmol/L. Acute myocardial infarction caused CS in 289 patients (58%). Thirty-days mortality was 40% (198/501 patients). At least one device-related complication occurred in 252/486 (52%) patients, neurological AEs in 108/469 (23%), bleeding in 192/480 (40%), ischaemic AEs in 123/478 (26%). The 22% of patients with the most AEs accounted for 50% of all AEs. All types of AEs were associated with a worse prognosis. Aside from neurological ones, all AEs and device-related complications were more likely to occur in women; although prediction of AEs outside of neurological AEs was generally poor. CONCLUSION Therapy and device-related complications occur in half of all patients treated with VA-ECMO and are associated with a worse prognosis. They accumulate in some patients, especially in women. Aside from neurological events, identification of patients at risk is difficult, highlighting the need to establish additional quantitative markers of complication risk to guide VA-ECMO treatment in CS.
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- Benedikt N Beer
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Berlin/Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würburg, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, AO SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, St.Rita's Medical Center, Lima, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Klinikum Weiden, Weiden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Berlin/Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Science, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Hamburg/Lübeck/Kiel, Hamburg, Germany
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Liang XZ, Feng SY. Serum neurofilament light chain for predicting delayed neurological sequelae after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Acta Neurol Belg 2024; 124:73-79. [PMID: 37468802 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02334-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning survivors may experience persistent delayed neurological sequelae (DNS). No studies have investigated the serum neurofilament light chain (NFL) as a prognostic biomarker in acute CO poisoning. This study aimed to determine the serum NFL levels to predict the DNS after acute CO poisoning. METHODS Patients with acute CO poisoning who were consecutively admitted from October 2020 to September 2022 were included. The predictive performance of NFLs for the DNS was assessed through the analyses of the correlation, the logistic regression, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. RESULTS Overall, 9.7% (15/155) of the patients had DNS. The serum NFLs in patients with DNS was 113.7 pg/mL, which is significantly higher than that in the non-DNS group (25.8 pg/mL; P < 0.001). Correlation analysis shows that the serum NFLs are positively correlated with DNS (r = 0.567, P < 0.001). After multiple adjustments, the serum NFLs are independently correlated with DNS [adjusted odds ratio 1.032; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.001, 1.064; p = 0.043]. The ROC curve indicates an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.923 (95% CI 0.869, 0.960), with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 84.3% at the best cutoff value of 73.4 pg/mL. Pairwise comparison shows that the AUC of the NFL is significantly higher than that of the neuron specific enolase (AUC = 0.779) using the Hanley and McNeil test (Z = 2.283, p = 0.022). CONCLUSION Serum NFL could be a biomarker of the DNS after acute CO poisoning.
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- Xue Zheng Liang
- Emergency Department, Cangzhou Central Hospital, No. 16 Xinhua Road, Yunhe Qu, Cangzhou City, 061000, China
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- Emergency Department, Cangzhou Central Hospital, No. 16 Xinhua Road, Yunhe Qu, Cangzhou City, 061000, China.
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Melan N, Pradat P, Godbert I, Pastor-Diez B, Basson E, Picaud JC. Neurodevelopment at 24 months corrected age in extremely preterm infants treated with dexamethasone alternatives during the late postnatal period: a cohort study. Eur J Pediatr 2024; 183:677-687. [PMID: 37955745 PMCID: PMC10912127 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05319-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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The administration of dexamethasone has been associated with suboptimal neurodevelopment. We aimed to compare the development of extremely premature infants treated or not with alternatives to dexamethasone: betamethasone, hydrocortisone hemisuccinate. This retrospective cohort study included infants born before 29 weeks of gestational age, treated or not with late (day ≥ 7) postnatal steroids (betamethasone, hydrocortisone hemisuccinate). The neurodevelopment outcome was evaluated at 24 months corrected age, after adjustment on comorbidities of extreme prematurity. In order to analyse their overall development, data about growth and respiratory outcomes were collected. Among the 192 infants included, 59 (30.7%) received postnatal steroids. Suboptimal neurodevelopment concerned 37/59 (62.7%) postnatal steroid-treated and 43/133 (38.1%; p = 0.002) untreated infants. However, in multivariable analysis, only severe neonatal morbidity (p = 0.007) and male gender (p = 0.027) were associated with suboptimal neurodevelopment outcome at 24 months. Conclusions: Betamethasone or hydrocortisone hemisuccinate treatment was not an independent risk for suboptimal neurological development, growth and respiratory outcomes assessed at 24 months corrected age in extremely premature infants. Registration number: The study was registered on the ClinicalTrials.gov register: NCT05055193. What is Known: • Late postnatal steroids are used to treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia • Meta-analyses warned against the neurological risk of dexamethasone use during neonatal period. Early or late hydrocortisone hemisuccinate has been evaluated in multiple studies, none of which have reported an adverse effect on neurodevelopment at least to 2 years. Data about the use of betamethasone are scarce. What is New: • The risk of suboptimal neurodevelopment was higher among extremely premature infants who received postnatal steroids when compared to those who did not. • Betamethasone and hydrocortisone hemisuccinate treatment was not an independent risk factor for suboptimal neurodevelopment at 24 months corrected age.
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- Nathalie Melan
- Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004, Lyon, France
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69004, Lyon, France.
- CarMen Laboratory, INSERM, INRA, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, 69310, Lyon, France.
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Tian W, Yu H, Sun Y, He J, Wu Q, Ma C, Jiao P, Huang C, Li D, Tong H. Thymoma negatively affects the neurological outcome of myasthenia gravis after thymectomy: a propensity score matching study. J Cardiothorac Surg 2024; 19:37. [PMID: 38297367 PMCID: PMC10829313 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-024-02511-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Thymoma and myasthenia gravis (MG) interact with each other. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of thymoma on neurological outcome of MG patients after thymectomy using the propensity score matching (PSM) method. METHODS Consecutive patients with MG who underwent thymectomy at Beijing Hospital between January 2012 and August 2021 were retrospectively enrolled. Clinical and follow-up data were collected. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23.0 software. PSM was performed to eliminate selection bias. RESULTS A total of 456 patients were included in this study. Thymoma was present in 138 (30.3%) patients. The median follow-up time was 72 (range, 12-135) months. At the last follow-up, a lower proportion of thymomatous MG patients achieved complete stable remission (CSR) compared with non-thymomatous MG patients (P = 0.011), and the effective rate [CSR + pharmatologic remission (PR) + minimal manifestations (MM)] of thymomatous MG patients was also lower (P = 0.037). Considering time to CSR, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed thymomatous MG patients had lower cumulative CSR rate than non-thymomatous MG patients (log-rank, P = 0.019). After PSM, 105 pairs of patients were matched successfully. For the matched patients, thymomatous MG patients had a lower CSR rate and a lower effective rate (P = 0.002, 0.039, respectively), and K-M analysis still showed thymomatous MG patients had lower cumulative CSR rate (log-rank, P = 0.048). Multivariate Cox analysis demonstrated that thymoma (HR: 0.592, 95% CI 0.389-0.900, P = 0.014), older age at the time of surgery (HR: 0.971, 95% CI 0.953-0.990, P = 0.003), and preoperative course of MG > 12 months (HR: 0.474, 95% CI 0.317-0.708, P = 0.000) were negative predictive factors for CSR. CONCLUSIONS Thymoma had a negative effect on the neurological outcome of MG after thymectomy. MG patients with old age and a preoperative course of longer than one year had a lower probability of achieving CSR.
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- Wenxin Tian
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Dahua Road, Dong Dan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
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Kojima M, Mochida Y, Shoko T, Inoue A, Hifumi T, Sakamoto T, Kuroda Y. Association between body mass index and clinical outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A multicenter observational study. Resusc Plus 2023; 16:100497. [PMID: 38033346 PMCID: PMC10682674 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Background We examined the association between body mass index (BMI) and outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the database of an observational multicenter cohort in Japan. Adult patients with OHCA of cardiac etiology who received ECPR between 2013 and 2018 were categorized as follows: underweight, BMI < 18.5; normal weight, BMI = 18.5-24.9; overweight, BMI = 25-29.9; and obese, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality; secondary outcomes were unfavorable neurological outcomes at discharge (cerebral performance category ≥ 3) and ECPR-related complications. BMI's association with outcomes was assessed using a logistic regression model adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, witness/bystander CPR, initial rhythm, prehospital return of spontaneous circulation, and low-flow time. Results In total, 1,044 patients were analyzed. Their median age was 61 (IQR, 49-69) years; the median BMI was 24.2 (21.5-26.9) kg/m2. The overall rates of in-hospital mortality, unfavorable neurological outcome, and ECPR-related complications were 62.2%, 79.9%, and 31.7%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, the overweight and obese groups had higher in-hospital mortality odds than the normal BMI group (odds ratio [95%CI], 1.37 [1.02-1.85], p = 0.035; and 2.09 [1.31-3.39], p < 0.001, respectively). The odds ratio for unfavorable neurological outcomes increased more in the obese than in the normal BMI group (3.17 [1.69-6.49], p < 0.001). ECPR-related complications were not significantly different among groups. Conclusions In OHCA patients undergoing ECPR, a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 was associated with increased in-hospital mortality, and a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 was also associated with a worse neurological outcome.
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- Mitsuaki Kojima
- Emergency and Critical Care Centre, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Adachi Medical Centre, 4-33-1, Kohoku, Adachi, Tokyo 123-8558, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Centre, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Adachi Medical Centre, 4-33-1, Kohoku, Adachi, Tokyo 123-8558, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Centre, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Adachi Medical Centre, 4-33-1, Kohoku, Adachi, Tokyo 123-8558, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Centre, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi, Chuo, Tokyo 104-8560, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-2 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8606, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Centre, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Adachi Medical Centre, 4-33-1, Kohoku, Adachi, Tokyo 123-8558, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Centre, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi, Chuo, Tokyo 104-8560, Japan
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-2 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8606, Japan
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
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Seker Yilmaz B, Baruteau J, Chakrapani A, Champion M, Chronopoulou E, Claridge LC, Daly A, Davies C, Davison J, Dhawan A, Grunewald S, Gupte GL, Heaton N, Lemonde H, McKiernan P, Mills P, Morris AA, Mundy H, Pierre G, Rajwal S, Sivananthan S, Sreekantam S, Stepien KM, Vara R, Yeo M, Gissen P. Liver transplantation in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: A retrospective multicentre cohort study. Mol Genet Metab Rep 2023; 37:101020. [PMID: 38053940 PMCID: PMC10694733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2023.101020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is an X-linked defect of ureagenesis and the most common urea cycle disorder. Patients present with hyperammonemia causing neurological symptoms, which can lead to coma and death. Liver transplantation (LT) is the only curative therapy, but has several limitations including organ shortage, significant morbidity and requirement of lifelong immunosuppression. This study aims to identify the characteristics and outcomes of patients who underwent LT for OTCD. We conducted a retrospective study for OTCD patients from 5 UK centres receiving LT in 3 transplantation centres between 2010 and 2022. Patients' demographics, family history, initial presentation, age at LT, graft type and pre- and post-LT clinical, metabolic, and neurocognitive profile were collected from medical records. A total of 20 OTCD patients (11 males, 9 females) were enrolled in this study. 6/20 had neonatal and 14/20 late-onset presentation. 2/20 patients had positive family history for OTCD and one of them was diagnosed antenatally and received prospective treatment. All patients were managed with standard of care based on protein-restricted diet, ammonia scavengers and supplementation with arginine and/or citrulline before LT. 15/20 patients had neurodevelopmental problems before LT. The indication for LT was presence (or family history) of recurrent metabolic decompensations occurring despite standard medical therapy leading to neurodisability and quality of life impairment. Median age at LT was 10.5 months (6-24) and 66 months (35-156) in neonatal and late onset patients, respectively. 15/20 patients had deceased donor LT (DDLT) and 5/20 had living related donor LT (LDLT). Overall survival was 95% with one patient dying 6 h after LT. 13/20 had complications after LT and 2/20 patients required re-transplantation. All patients discontinued dietary restriction and ammonia scavengers after LT and remained metabolically stable. Patients who had neurodevelopmental problems before LT persisted to have difficulties after LT. 1/5 patients who was reported to have normal neurodevelopment before LT developed behavioural problems after LT, while the remaining 4 maintained their abilities without any reported issues. LT was found to be effective in correcting the metabolic defect, eliminates the risk of hyperammonemia and prolongs patients' survival.
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- Berna Seker Yilmaz
- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, SE1 7EH London, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Division of Women's and Children's Services, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol BS1 3NU, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, SE1 7EH London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Paediatric Liver Gastroenterology and Nutrition Centre and Mowat Labs, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, WC2R 2LS, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Liver Studies, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, WC2R 2LS London, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, SE1 7EH London, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Willink Unit, Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, SE1 7EH London, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Division of Women's and Children's Services, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol BS1 3NU, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, LS9 7TF Leeds, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK
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- Adult Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, M6 8HD Salford, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, SE1 7EH London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
- Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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Burns B, Hsu HR, Keech A, Huang Y, Tian DH, Coggins A, Dennis M. Expedited transport versus continued on-scene resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resusc Plus 2023; 16:100482. [PMID: 37822456 PMCID: PMC10563056 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Background The benefit of rapid transport from the scene to definitive in-hospital care versus extended on-scene resuscitation in out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is uncertain. Aim To assess the use of expedited transport from the scene of OHCA compared with more extended on-scene resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in adults. Methods A systematic search of the literature was conducted using MEDLINE, Embase, and SCOPUS. Randomised control trials (RCTs) and observational studies were included. Studies reporting transport timing for OHCA patients with outcome data on survival were identified and reviewed. Two investigators assessed studies identified by screening for relevance and assessed bias using the ROBINS-I tool. Studies with non-dichotomous timing data or an absence of comparator group(s) were excluded. Outcomes of interest included survival and favourable neurological outcome. Survival to discharge and favourable neurological outcome were meta-analysed using a random-effects model. Results Nine studies (eight cohort studies, one RCT) met eligibility criteria and were considered suitable for meta-analysis. On pooled analysis, expedited (or earlier) transfer was not predictive of survival to discharge (odds ratio [OR] 1.16, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.53 to 2.53, I2 = 99%, p = 0. 65) or favorable neurological outcome (OR 1.06, 95% CI 0.48 to 2.37, I2 = 99%, p = 0.85). The certainty of evidence across studies was assessed as very low with a moderate risk of bias. Region of publication was noted to be a major contributor to the significant heterogeneity observed amongst included studies. Conclusions There is inconclusive evidence to support or refute the use of expedited transport of refractory OHCA.
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- Brian Burns
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- New South Wales Ambulance, Sydney, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Okada A, Okada Y, Kandori K, Nakajima S, Matsuyama T, Kitamura T, Ong MEH, Narumiya H, Iizuka R. Application of the TiPS65 score for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with initial non-shockable rhythm treated with ECPR. Resusc Plus 2023; 16:100458. [PMID: 37674546 PMCID: PMC10477678 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Background The TiPS65 score is a validated scoring system used to predict neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients with shockable rhythm treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). This study aimed to assess the predictive performance of the TiPS65 score in OHCA patients with initial non-shockable rhythm treated with ECPR. Methods This was a secondary analysis using the JAAM-OHCA registry, a multicenter prospective cohort study. The study included adult OHCA patients with initial non-shockable rhythm who underwent ECPR. The TiPS65 score assigned one point to each of four variables: time to hospital ≤25 minutes, pH value ≥7.0 on initial blood gas assessment, shockable on hospital arrival, and age younger than 65 years. Based on the sum score, the predictive performance for 1-month survival and favorable neurological outcomes, defined as the Cerebral Performance Category 1 or 2, was evaluated. Results Among 57,754 patients in the registry, 370 were included in the analysis. The overall one-month survival and favorable neurological outcome were 11.1% (41/370) and 4.2% (15/370), respectively. The 1-month survival rates based on the TiPS65 score were as follows: 11.2% (12/107) for 0 points, 9.3% (14/150) for 1 point, 10.0% (9/90) for 2 points, and 26.1% (6/23) for ≥3 points. Similarly, the 1-month favorable neurological outcomes were: 5.6% (6/107) for 0 points, 2.7% (4/150) for 1 point, 4.4% (4/90) for 2 points, and 4.3% (1/23) for ≥3 points. The area under the curve was 0.535 (95% CI: 0.437-0.630) for 1-month survival and 0.530 (95% CI: 0.372-0.683) for 1-month neurological outcome. Conclusion This study demonstrates that the TiPS65 score has limited prognostic performance among OHCA patients with initial non-shockable rhythm treated with ECPR. Further research is warranted to develop a predictive tool specifically focused on OHCA with initial non-shockable rhythm to aid in determining candidates for ECPR.
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- Asami Okada
- Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Preventive Services, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Czimmeck C, Kenda M, Aalberts N, Endisch C, Ploner CJ, Storm C, Nee J, Streitberger KJ, Leithner C. Confounders for prognostic accuracy of neuron-specific enolase after cardiac arrest: A retrospective cohort study. Resuscitation 2023; 192:109964. [PMID: 37683997 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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AIM To evaluate neuron-specific enolase (NSE) thresholds for prediction of neurological outcome after cardiac arrest and to analyze the influence of hemolysis and confounders. METHODS Retrospective analysis from a cardiac arrest registry. Determination of NSE serum concentration and hemolysis-index (h-index) 48-96 hours after cardiac arrest. Evaluation of neurological outcome using the Cerebral Performance Category score (CPC) at hospital discharge. Separate analyses considering CPC 1-3 and CPC 1-2 as good neurological outcome. Analysis of specificity and sensitivity for poor and good neurological outcome prediction with and without exclusion of hemolytic samples (h-index larger than 50). RESULTS Among 356 survivors three days after cardiac arrest, hemolysis was detected in 28 samples (7.9%). At a threshold of 60 µg/L, NSE predicted poor neurological outcome (CPC 4-5) in all samples with a specificity of 92% (86-95%) and sensitivity of 73% (66-79%). In non-hemolytic samples, specificity was 94% (89-97%) and sensitivity 70% (62-76%). At a threshold of 100 µg/L, specificity was 98% (95-100%, all samples) and 99% (95-100%, non-hemolytic samples), and sensitivity 58% (51-65%) and 55% (47-63%), respectively. Possible confounders for elevated NSE in patients with good neurological outcome were ECMO, malignancies, blood transfusions and acute brain diseases. Nine patients with NSE below 17 µg/L had CPC 5, all had plausible death causes other than hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. CONCLUSIONS NSE concentrations higher than 100 µg/L predicted poor neurological outcome with high specificity. An NSE less than 17 µg/L indicated absence of severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Hemolysis and other confounders need to be considered. INSTITUTIONAL PROTOCOL NUMBER The local ethics committee (board name: Ethikkommission der Charité) approved this study by the number: EA2/066/23, approval date: 28th June 2023, study title "'ROSC' - Resuscitation Outcome Study."
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- Constanze Czimmeck
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Junior Digital Clinician Scientist Program, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Circulatory Arrest Center of Excellence Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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Sakuraya M, Hifumi T, Inoue A, Sakamoto T, Kuroda Y. Neurological outcomes and reperfusion strategies in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients due to pulmonary embolism who underwent venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A post-hoc analysis of a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Resuscitation 2023; 191:109926. [PMID: 37544497 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different reperfusion strategies on neurological outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolism who received venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS This was a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter retrospective cohort study conducted in 36 institutions in Japan over six years. We included patients who underwent VA-ECMO and were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism caused by OHCA. Neurological outcomes were evaluated on the basis of the cerebral performance category at hospital discharge. We also assessed the association between reperfusion strategies and successful separation from ECMO. RESULTS Among the 78 included patients, approximately half were successfully weaned from ECMO. Hospital mortality and favorable neurological outcomes at hospital discharge were 60.3% and 17.9%, respectively. Thirty-one patients (39.7%) underwent reperfusion strategies after ECMO, including 13 who received systemic thrombolytic therapy and 18 who underwent mechanical reperfusion strategy. After adjusting for prespecified covariates using the competing risk model, reperfusion strategies increased ECMO separation rate (systemic thrombolytic therapy: subdistribution hazard ratio [sHR] 2.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.21-4.17, P = 0.011; mechanical reperfusion strategy: sHR 1.70, 95% CI 0.86-3.41, P = 0.129) compared with anticoagulation therapy alone, whereas higher cardiac Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score decreased ECMO separation rate (sHR 0.81, 95% CI 0.67-0.97, P = 0.020). CONCLUSIONS Favorable neurological outcomes were observed in less than 20% of patients with OHCA due to pulmonary embolism undergoing ECMO. Reperfusion strategies may be associated with shorter ECMO durations in these patients. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000041577 (unique identifier: UMIN000036490).
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- Masaaki Sakuraya
- JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Jigozen 1-3-3, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 738-8503, Japan; Shiga University, Graduate School of Data Science, 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522, Japan.
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- St. Luke's International Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8560, Japan.
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- Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073, Japan.
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- Teikyo University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
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- Kagawa University Hospital, Department of Emergency, Disaster and Critical Care Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
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Kook Kang J, Kalra A, Ameen Ahmad S, Kumar Menta A, Rando HJ, Chinedozi I, Darby Z, Spann M, Keller SP, J. R. Whitman G, Cho SM. A recommended preclinical extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation model for neurological outcomes: A scoping review. Resusc Plus 2023; 15:100424. [PMID: 37719942 PMCID: PMC10500026 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Background Despite the high prevalence of neurological complications and mortality associated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), neurologically-focused animal models are scarce. Our objective is to review current ECPR models investigating neurological outcomes and identify key elements for a recommended model. Methods We searched PubMed and four other engines for animal ECPR studies examining neurological outcomes. Inclusion criteria were: animals experiencing cardiac arrest, ECPR/ECMO interventions, comparisons of short versus long cardiac arrest times, and neurological outcomes. Results Among 20 identified ECPR animal studies (n = 442), 13 pigs, 4 dogs, and 3 rats were used. Only 10% (2/20) included both sexes. Significant heterogeneity was observed in experimental protocols. 90% (18/20) employed peripheral VA-ECMO cannulation and 55% (11/20) were survival models (median survival = 168 hours; ECMO duration = 60 minutes). Ventricular fibrillation (18/20, 90%) was the most common method for inducing cardiac arrest with a median duration of 15 minutes (IQR = 6-20). In two studies, cardiac arrests exceeding 15 minutes led to considerable mortality and neurological impairment. Among seven studies utilizing neuromonitoring tools, only four employed multimodal devices to evaluate cerebral blood flow using Transcranial Doppler ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy, brain tissue oxygenation, and intracranial pressure. None examined cerebral autoregulation or neurovascular coupling. Conclusions The substantial heterogeneity in ECPR preclinical model protocols leads to limited reproducibility and multiple challenges. The recommended model includes large animals with both sexes, standardized pre-operative protocols, a cardiac arrest time between 10-15 minutes, use of multimodal methods to evaluate neurological outcomes, and the ability to survive animals after conducting experiments.
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- Jin Kook Kang
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Informationist Services, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
- Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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Shibahashi K, Kato T, Hikone M, Sugiyama K. Identifying individuals satisfying the termination of resuscitation rule but having potential to achieve favourable neurological outcome following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2023; 190:109860. [PMID: 37270090 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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AIM To develop a simple scoring model that identifies individuals satisfying the termination of resuscitation (TOR) rule but having potential to achieve favourable neurological outcome following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS This study analysed the All-Japan Utstein Registry from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2019. We identified patients satisfying basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) TOR rules and determined factors associated with favourable neurological outcome (cerebral performance category scale of 1 or 2) for each cohort using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Scoring models were derived and validated to identify patient subgroups that might benefit from continued resuscitation efforts. RESULTS Among 1,695,005 eligible patients, 1,086,092 (64.1%) and 409,498 (24.2%) satisfied BLS and ALS TOR rules, respectively. One month post-arrest, 2038 (0.2%) and 590 (0.1%) patients in the BLS and ALS cohorts, respectively, achieved favourable neurological outcome. A scoring model derived for the BLS cohort (2 points for age <17 years or ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia rhythm; 1 point for age <80 years, pulseless electrical activity rhythm, or transport time <25 min) effectively stratified the probability of achieving 1-month favourable neurological outcome, with patients scoring <4 having a probability of <1%, whereas those scoring 4, 5, and 6 having probabilities of 1.1%, 7.1%, and 11.1%, respectively. In the ALS cohort, the probability increased with scores; however, it remained <1%. CONCLUSION A simple scoring model comprising age, first documented cardiac rhythm, and transport time effectively stratified the likelihood of achieving favourable neurological outcome in patients satisfying the BLS TOR rule.
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- Keita Shibahashi
- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, 4-23-15 Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8575, Japan.
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- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, 4-23-15 Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8575, Japan
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- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, 4-23-15 Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8575, Japan
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- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, 4-23-15 Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8575, Japan
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Huang YH, Lin YS, Wu CH, How CK, Chen CT. Prognostic value of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving targeted temperature management: An observational cohort study. J Formos Med Assoc 2023; 122:890-898. [PMID: 36739232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2023.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Out-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The magnitude of the post-resuscitation inflammatory response is closely related to the severity of the circulatory dysfunction. Currently, targeted temperature management (TTM) has become an essential part of the post-resuscitation care for unconscious OHCA survivors. Some novel prognostic inflammatory markers may help predict outcomes of OHCA patients after TTM. METHODS A retrospective observational cohort study of 65 OHCA patients treated with TTM was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Taiwan. The primary outcome measure was in-hospital mortality. Baseline and post-TTM neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte (PLR), and the systemic immune inflammation index (SII) were identified as potential predictors. RESULTS These patients had a mean age of 62.2 ± 17.0 years. Among the total sample, 53.8% had an initial shockable rhythm and 61.5% had a presumed cardiac etiology. The median resuscitation duration was 20 min (IQR 13.5-28.5) and 60% received subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention. The mean baseline NLR, PLR and SII were 7.5 ± 16.7, 118 ± 207, 1395 ± 3004, and the mean post-TTM NLR, PLR and SII were 15.0 ± 11.6, 206 ± 124, 2369 ± 2569, respectively. Using multiple logistic regression analysis, post-TTM NLR was one of the independent factors which predicted in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.249, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.040-1.501, p = 0.017). CONCLUSION Post-TTM NLR is a predictor of in-hospital mortality in OHCA patients who underwent TTM.
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- Yung-Huai Huang
- Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Zhang X, Zheng X, Dai Z, Zheng H. The development and validation of a nomogram to determine neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest patients. BMC Anesthesiol 2023; 23:289. [PMID: 37620773 PMCID: PMC10463846 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-023-02251-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the variables that influence neurological functional restoration in cardiac arrest patients and construct a nomogram to predict neurofunctional prognosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS We extracted the data from the Dryad database. Associations between patient variables and neurological outcomes were examined by logistic regression models. On the basis of these predictors, a prognostic nomogram was constructed. The identification and calibration of the prognostic nomogram were evaluated through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, the calibration curve, and the concordance index (C-index). RESULTS A total of 374 cardiac arrest individuals were recruited in the research. Sixty percent of the participants had an adverse neurological result. The multivariable logistic regression analysis for poor neurological recovery, which showed patient age ≥ 65 years, previous neurological disease, witnessed arrest, bystander cardio-pulmonary resuscitation(CPR), cardiac arrest presenting with a non-shockable rhythm, total epinephrine dose ≥ 2.5 mg at the time of resuscitation and acute kidney injury(AKI) remained independent predictors for neurological outcomes. CONCLUSIONS The novel nomogram based on clinical characteristics is an efficient tool to predict neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest patients, which may help clinicians identifying high-risk patients and tailoring personalized treatment regimens.
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- Xuru Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou City, 350014, China, No 420 Fuma Road, Jinan District, Fujian Province
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou City, 350014, China, No 420 Fuma Road, Jinan District, Fujian Province
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou City, 350014, China, No 420 Fuma Road, Jinan District, Fujian Province.
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Verma D, Sadayandi RA, Anbazhagan S, Nagarajan K, Bidkar PU. Is optic nerve sheath diameter a promising screening tool to predict neurological outcomes and the need for secondary decompressive craniectomy in moderate to severe head injury patients? A prospective monocentric observational pilot study. Surg Neurol Int 2023; 14:276. [PMID: 37680910 PMCID: PMC10481796 DOI: 10.25259/sni_318_2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Background Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) has been shown to be a noninvasive and quick method to calculate intracranial pressure (ICP) and subsequent neurologic outcomes, although with variable cutoffs. ICP can be indirectly assessed by noninvasive methods such as transcranial Doppler, ONSD, tympanic membrane displacement, and fundoscopy. Knowledge regarding the diagnostic accuracy of ONSD for predicting unfavorable outcomes within 72 hours (h) of moderate and severe head injury is limited. The objective of this study was to measure ONSD measurements at 24-h intervals in moderate to severe head injury patients and to find its association with clinical outcomes in the target population. Methods This prospective observational study was done on moderate to severe head injury patients. ONSD was measured twice at 24-h intervals over 48 h. The clinical outcome was divided into the favorable group (patients who were in conservative treatment with a stable Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score and discharged following treatment) and the unfavorable group (patients who had a drop in GCS motor score of one or more, or expired or underwent surgical intervention) within 72 h following traumatic brain injury. The Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann- Whitney test, and receiver operating characteristic curves were used to establish the association between ONSD and clinical outcomes. Results ONSD values measured at 24-h intervals >6.1 mm (P < 0.0146) and 6.2 mm (P < 0.0001) were found to be predictors of unfavorable outcomes (expired or underwent surgery), and hence the need for a secondary decompressive craniectomy (DC). Conclusion ONSD is an efficient screening tool to assess neurological outcomes in severe head injury patients. It can reliably predict the need for secondary DC at an earlier stage before secondary brain damage ensues in these patients.
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- Dinesh Verma
- Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
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Gouvea Bogossian E, Battaglini D, Fratino S, Minini A, Gianni G, Fiore M, Robba C, Taccone FS. The Role of Brain Tissue Oxygenation Monitoring in the Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Scoping Review. Neurocrit Care 2023; 39:229-240. [PMID: 36802011 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01680-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Monitoring of brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2) is an important component of multimodal monitoring in traumatic brain injury. Over recent years, use of PbtO2 monitoring has also increased in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), particularly in those with delayed cerebral ischemia. The aim of this scoping review was to summarize the current state of the art regarding the use of this invasive neuromonitoring tool in patients with SAH. Our results showed that PbtO2 monitoring is a safe and reliable method to assess regional cerebral tissue oxygenation and that PbtO2 represents the oxygen available in the brain interstitial space for aerobic energy production (i.e., the product of cerebral blood flow and the arterio-venous oxygen tension difference). The PbtO2 probe should be placed in the area at risk of ischemia (i.e., in the vascular territory in which cerebral vasospasm is expected to occur). The most widely used PbtO2 threshold to define brain tissue hypoxia and initiate specific treatment is between 15 and 20 mm Hg. PbtO2 values can help identify the need for or the effects of various therapies, such as hyperventilation, hyperoxia, induced hypothermia, induced hypertension, red blood cell transfusion, osmotic therapy, and decompressive craniectomy. Finally, a low PbtO2 value is associated with a worse prognosis, and an increase of the PbtO2 value in response to treatment is a marker of good outcome.
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- Elisa Gouvea Bogossian
- Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a carattere scientifico for Oncology and Neuroscience, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Women, Child, and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a carattere scientifico for Oncology and Neuroscience, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Intensive Care, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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Skrifvars MB, Luethi N, Bailey M, French C, Nichol A, Trapani T, McArthur C, Arabi YM, Bendel S, Cooper DJ, Bellomo R. The effect of recombinant erythropoietin on long-term outcome after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Intensive Care Med 2023; 49:831-839. [PMID: 37405413 PMCID: PMC10353955 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07141-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) administered for traumatic brain injury (TBI) may increase short-term survival, but the long-term effect is unknown. METHODS We conducted a pre-planned long-term follow-up of patients in the multicentre erythropoietin in TBI trial (2010-2015). We invited survivors to follow-up and evaluated survival and functional outcome with the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE) (categories 5-8 = good outcome), and secondly, with good outcome determined relative to baseline function (sliding scale). We used survival analysis to assess time to death and absolute risk differences (ARD) to assess favorable outcomes. We categorized TBI severity with the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in TBI model. Heterogeneity of treatment effects were assessed with interaction p-values based on the following a priori defined subgroups, the severity of TBI, and the presence of an intracranial mass lesion and multi-trauma in addition to TBI. RESULTS Of 603 patients in the original trial, 487 patients had survival data; 356 were included in the follow-up at a median of 6 years from injury. There was no difference between treatment groups for patient survival [EPO vs placebo hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.73 (0.47-1.14) p = 0.17]. Good outcome rates were 110/175 (63%) in the EPO group vs 100/181 (55%) in the placebo group (ARD 8%, 95% CI [Formula: see text] 3 to 18%, p = 0.14). When good outcome was determined relative to baseline risk, the EPO groups had better GOSE (sliding scale ARD 12%, 95% CI 2-22%, p = 0.02). When considering long-term patient survival, there was no evidence for heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE) according to severity of TBI (p = 0.85), presence of an intracranial mass lesion (p = 0.48), or whether the patient had multi-trauma in addition to TBI (p = 0.08). Similarly, no evidence of treatment heterogeneity was seen for the effect of EPO on functional outcome. CONCLUSION EPO neither decreased overall long-term mortality nor improved functional outcome in moderate or severe TBI patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). The limited sample size makes it difficult to make final conclusions about the use of EPO in TBI.
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- Markus B Skrifvars
- Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, PB 340, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Intensive Care Department, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern, Kuopio, Finland
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Inoue F, Inoue A, Nishimura T, Takahashi R, Nakatani Y, Suga M, Kikuta S, Tada S, Maemura S, Matsuyama S, Ishihara S. PCO 2 on arrival as a predictive biomarker in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Am J Emerg Med 2023; 69:92-99. [PMID: 37084483 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Treating patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) requires early prediction of outcome, ideally on hospital arrival, as it can inform the clinical decisions involved. This study evaluated whether partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) on arrival is associated with outcome at one month OHCA patients. METHODS This was a single-center retrospective study of adult OHCA patients treated between January 2016 and December 2020. Outcomes were defined along the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scale. Primary outcome was mortality (CPC 5) at one month. Secondary outcomes were death or unfavorable neurological outcome (CPC 3-5) and unfavorable neurological outcome (CPC 3-4) at one month. Multivariable analysis was adjusted for age, sex, witnessed cardiac arrest, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, initial shockable rhythm, and time from call to emergency medical services to hospital arrival. RESULTS Out of 977 OHCA patients in the study period, 19 were excluded because they were aged under 18 years, 79 because they underwent extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and 101 due to lack of PCO2 data. This study included 778 patients total; mortality (CPC 5) at one month was observed in 706 (90.7%), death or unfavorable neurological outcome (CPC 3-5) in 743 (95.5%), and unfavorable neurological outcome (CPC 3-4) in 37 (4.8%). In multivariable analysis, high PCO2 levels showed significant association with mortality (CPC 5) at one month (odds ratio [OR] [per 5 mmHg], 1.14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08-1.21), death or unfavorable neurological outcome (CPC 3-5) (OR [per 5 mmHg], 1.29; 95% CI, 1.17-1.42), and unfavorable neurological outcome (CPC 3-4) (OR [per 5 mmHg], 1.21; 95% CI, 1.04-1.41). CONCLUSIONS High PCO2 on arrival was significantly associated with mortality and unfavorable neurological outcome in OHCA patients.
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- Fumiya Inoue
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japan
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Cheng M, Xu HZ, Zhang KJ, Peng XL, Pan ZX, Hu Y. Risk Factors of Perioperative Brain Injury in Children Under Two Years Undergoing Coarctation Repair. Pediatr Neurol 2023; 141:109-117. [PMID: 36812697 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND To investigate clinical manifestations and factors of perioperative brain injury (PBI) after surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) combined with other heart malformations under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children under two years. METHODS The clinical data of 100 children undergoing CoA repair were retrospectively reviewed between January 2010 and September 2021. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify factors of PBI development. Hierarchical and K-means cluster analyses were conducted to evaluate the association between hemodynamic instability and PBI. RESULTS Eight children developed postoperative complications, and all of them had a favorable neurological outcome one year after surgery. Univariate analysis revealed eight risk factors associated with PBI. Multivariate analysis indicated operation duration (P = 0.04, odds ratio [OR], 2.93; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04 to 8.28) and pulse pressure (PP) minimum (P = 0.01; OR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.06 to 0.76) were independently associated with PBI. The following three parameters emerged for cluster analysis: PP minimum, mean arterial pressure (MAP) dispersion, and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) average. Using cluster analysis, PBI mainly occurred in subgroups 1 (12%, three of 26) and 2 (10%, five of 48). The mean value of PP and MAP in subgroup 1 was significantly higher than in subgroup 2. The mean SVR in subgroup 1 was the highest. The lowest PP minimum, MAP, and SVR were observed in subgroup 2. CONCLUSION Lower PP minimum and longer operation duration were independent risk factors for developing PBI in children under two years during CoA repair. Unstable hemodynamics should be avoided during CPB.
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- Min Cheng
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China; Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China; Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Division of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University-HongKong Baptist University United International College, Guangdong, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China.
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Lin JJ, Huang CH, Chien YS, Hsu CH, Chiu WT, Wu CH, Wang CH, Tsai MS. TIMECARD score: An easily operated prediction model of unfavorable neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with targeted temperature management. J Formos Med Assoc 2023; 122:317-327. [PMID: 36470683 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2022.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Targeted temperature management (TTM) is recommended for comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors. Several prediction models have been proposed; however, most of these tools require data conversion and complex calculations. Early and easy predictive model of neurological prognosis in OHCA survivors with TTM warrant investigation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This multicenter retrospective cohort study enrolled 408 non-traumatic adult OHCA survivors with TTM from the TaIwan network of targeted temperature ManagEment for CARDiac arrest (TIMECARD) registry during January 2014 to June 2019. The primary outcome was unfavorable neurological outcome at discharge. The clinical variables associated with unfavorable neurological outcomes were identified and a risk prediction score-TIMECARD score was developed. The model was validated with data from National Taiwan University Hospital. RESULTS There were 319 (78.2%) patients presented unfavorable neurological outcomes at hospital discharge. Eight independent variables, including malignancy, no bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), non-shockable rhythm, call-to-start CPR duration >5 min, CPR duration >20 min, sodium bicarbonate use during resuscitation, Glasgow Coma Scale motor score of 1 at return of spontaneous circulation, and no emergent coronary angiography, revealed a significant correlation with unfavorable neurological prognosis in TTM-treated OHCA survivors. The TIMECARD score was established and demonstrated good discriminatory performance in the development cohort (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] = 0.855) and validation cohorts (AUC = 0.918 and 0.877, respectively). CONCLUSION In emergency settings, the TIMECARD score is a practical and simple-to-calculate tool for predicting neurological prognosis in OHCA survivors, and may help determine whether to initiate TTM in indicated patients.
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- Jr-Jiun Lin
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Critical Care, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Coronary Care Unit and General Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Park JY, Kim YH, Ahn SJ, Lee JH, Lee DW, Hwang SY, Song YG. Association between the extent of diffusion restriction on brain diffusion-weighted imaging and neurological outcomes after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2023; 187:109761. [PMID: 36898602 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study evaluated the association between the extent of diffusion restriction on brain diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and neurological outcomes in patients who underwent targeted temperature management (TTM) after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS Patients who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging within 10 days of OHCA between 2012 and 2021 were analysed. The extent of diffusion restriction was described according to the modified DWI Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (DWI-ASPECTS). The 35 predefined brain regions were assigned a score if diffuse signal changes were concordantly present in DWI scans and apparent diffusion coefficient maps. The primary outcome was an unfavourable neurological outcome at 6 months. The sensitivity, specificity, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for the measured parameters were analysed. Cut-off values were determined to predict the primary outcome. The predictive cut-off DWI-ASPECTS was internally validated using five-fold cross-validation. RESULTS Of the 301 patients, 108 (35.9%) had 6-month favourable neurological outcomes. Patients with unfavourable outcomes had higher whole-brain DWI-ASPECTS (median, 31 [26-33] vs. 0 [0-1], P < 0.001) than those with favourable outcomes. The area under the ROC curve (AUROC) of whole-brain DWI-ASPECTS was 0.957 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.928-0.977). A cut-off value of ≥8 for unfavourable neurological outcomes had specificity and sensitivity of 100% (95% CI 96.6-100) and 89.6% (95% CI 84.4-93.6), respectively. The mean AUROC was 0.956. CONCLUSION More extensive diffusion restriction on DWI-ASPECTS in patients with OHCA who underwent TTM was associated with 6-month unfavourable neurological outcomes. Running title: Diffusion restriction and neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest.
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- Jong Yoon Park
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea
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Viana-Tejedor A, Andrea-Riba R, Scardino C, Ariza-Solé A, Bañeras J, García-García C, Jiménez Mena M, Vila M, Martínez-Sellés M, Pastor G, García Acuña JM, Loma-Osorio P, García Rubira JC, Jorge Pérez P, Pastor P, Ferrera C, Noriega FJ, Pérez Macías N, Fernández-Ortiz A, Pérez-Villacastín J. Coronary angiography in patients without ST-segment elevation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. COUPE clinical trial. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 2023; 76:94-102. [PMID: 35750580 DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2022.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The role of emergency coronary angiography (CAG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in patients without ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains unclear. We aimed to assess whether emergency CAG and PCI would improve survival with good neurological outcome in this population. METHODS In this multicenter, randomized, open-label, investigator-initiated clinical trial, we randomly assigned 69 survivors of OHCA without STEMI to undergo immediate CAG or deferred CAG. The primary efficacy endpoint was a composite of in-hospital survival free of severe dependence. The safety endpoint was a composite of major adverse cardiac events including death, reinfarction, bleeding, and ventricular arrhythmias. RESULTS A total of 66 patients were included in the primary analysis (95.7%). In-hospital survival was 62.5% in the immediate CAG group and 58.8% in the delayed CAG group (HR, 0.96; 95%CI, 0.45-2.09; P=.93). In-hospital survival free of severe dependence was 59.4% in the immediate CAG group and 52.9% in the delayed CAG group (HR, 1.29; 95%CI, 0.60-2.73; P=.4986). No differences were found in the secondary endpoints except for the incidence of acute kidney failure, which was more frequent in the immediate CAG group (15.6% vs 0%, P=.002) and infections, which were higher in the delayed CAG group (46.9% vs 73.5%, P=.003). CONCLUSIONS In this underpowered randomized trial involving patients resuscitated after OHCA without STEMI, immediate CAG provided no benefit in terms of survival without neurological impairment compared with delayed CAG. CLINICALTRIALS gov Identifier: NCT02641626.
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- Ana Viana-Tejedor
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto Cardiovascular, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universidad de Barcelona, Institut D́Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), España
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), España; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), España; Servicio de Cardiología, Institut d Investigación Biomedica Dr. Josep Trueta de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida - IRBLL, Lleida, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidades de Investigación Clínica y Ensayos Clínicos (UICEC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Zheng YC, Liu YT, Wei KC, Huang YC, Chen PY, Hsu YH, Lin CL. Outcome predictors and clinical presentation of syringomyelia. Asian J Surg 2023; 46:705-11. [PMID: 35868963 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2022.06.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of syringomyelia is not yet established. Syringomyelia derived from different etiologies contributes to similar symptoms. OBJECTIVE Assess the syringomyelia in our medical institutes and describe the etiologies and clinical appearance of the disorder. And identify the predictors of a good outcome and to find the most suitable timing of surgical intervention according to our results. METHODS This retrospective cohort study used databases in our hospitals to analyze 70 cases of syringomyelia between 1997 and 2014. All available information was obtained from medical records and radiological reports. We used American Spinal Injuries Association disability scores (ASIA scores), the modified Nurick classification system, and recorded the number of days the patient was hospitalized, for neurological and functional assessment. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to evaluate the relationship between clinical factors and outcomes. RESULTS Non-communicating syringomyelia was the most common type of syringomyelia. In univariate analysis, autonomic dysfunction and motor impairment were strong predictors of poor neurological and functional outcomes. In addition to the above factors, syrinxes at the cervical level predicted better functional outcomes than at any spinal level in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS Motor impairment, which is commonly seen in patients with syringomyelia in Taiwan, is a strong predictor to poor neurological and functional outcomes. Our study indicates that patients without autonomic dysfunction or motor impairment should receive timely surgical intervention to prevent symptomatic deterioration. We also found that cervical syringomyelia in particular has the potential for good functional recovery after adequate intervention.
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Hifumi T, Inoue A, Otani N. The difference in the association between included ECPR patients and neurological outcomes. Crit Care 2023; 27:39. [PMID: 36698155 PMCID: PMC9878761 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04302-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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- Toru Hifumi
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560, Japan.
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- grid.513355.40000 0004 0639 9278Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Kobe, Japan
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- grid.430395.8Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560 Japan
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Utsumi S, Amagasa S, Yasuda H, Oishi T, Kashiura M, Moriya T. Targeted Temperature Management in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg 2023; 173:158-166.e2. [PMID: 36682532 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The efficacy of targeted temperature management, including the appropriate length of time, in pediatric traumatic brain injury is inconclusive. We aimed to compare the efficacy of normothermia and therapeutic hypothermia administered for various durations. METHODS We searched four databases without language limitations until December 2021 and included peer-reviewed published randomized controlled trials comparing normothermia (>35.1°C) with therapeutic hypothermia (32°C -35°C) in children aged <18 years with an acute closed severe head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale < 8) requiring hospitalization. A favorable neurological outcome was the primary outcome; secondary outcomes were mortality and arrhythmia. Two reviewers performed screening, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias. Network meta-analysis was performed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation working group approach. RESULTS We included six trials comprising 448 children. No significant difference was observed in favorable neurological outcomes between normothermia and hypothermia at 24, 48, and 72 h (relative risk, 1.05 [95% confidence interval 0.72-1.54]); 1.14 [0.82-1.57]), and 1.19 [0.77-1.85], respectively). Mortality did not differ significantly between normothermia and hypothermia at 24, 48, and 72 hours (0.56 [0.06-5.44]), (0.63 [0.12-3.36]), and 0.90 [0.10-8.18], respectively). Arrhythmias did not differ significantly between normothermia and hypothermia at 24, 48, and 72 h (0.92 [0.01-14.58], 0.36 [0.09-1.45), and 0.95 [0.03-29.92], respectively). CONCLUSION No conclusive evidence was found on optimal temperature management for pediatric traumatic brain injury. A large randomized controlled trial that considers the temperature control enforcement duration is required.
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- Shu Utsumi
- Division of Emergency and Transport Services, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Transport Services, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Transport Services, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan
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Shimoda-Sakano TM, Paiva EF, Schvartsman C, Reis AG. Factors associated with survival and neurologic outcome after in-hospital cardiac arrest in children: A cohort study. Resusc Plus 2023; 13:100354. [PMID: 36686327 PMCID: PMC9852640 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Aim In-hospital paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) survival has been improving in high-income countries. This study aimed to analyse factors associated with survival and neurological outcome after paediatric CPR in a middle-income country. Methods This observational study of in-hospital cardiac arrest using Utstein-style registry included patients <18 years old submitted to CPR between 2015 and 2020, at a high-complexity hospital. Outcomes were survival and neurological status assessed using Paediatric Cerebral Performance Categories score at prearrest, discharge, and after 180 days. Results Of 323 patients who underwent CPR, 108 (33.4%) survived to discharge and 93 (28.8%) after 180 days. In multivariable analysis, lower survival at discharge was associated with liver disease (OR 0.060, CI 0.007-0.510, p = 0.010); vasoactive drug infusion before cardiac arrest (OR 0.145, CI 0.065-0.325, p < 0.001); shock as the immediate cause (OR 0.183, CI 0.069-0.486, p = 0.001); resuscitation > 30 min (OR 0.070, CI 0.014-0.344, p = 0.001); and bicarbonate administration during CPR (OR 0.318, CI 0.130-0.780, p = 0.01). The same factors remained associated with lower survival after 180 days. Neurological outcome was analysed in the 93 survivors after 180 days following CPR. Prearrest neurological dysfunction was observed in 31.4%, and neurological prognosis was favourable in 79.7% at discharge and similar after 180 days. Conclusion In-hospital paediatric cardiac arrest patients with complex chronic conditions had lower survival associated with liver disease, shock as cause of cardiac arrest, vasoactive drug infusion before cardiac arrest, bicarbonate administration during CPR, and prolonged resuscitation. Most survivors had favourable neurological outcome.
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- Tania M. Shimoda-Sakano
- University of Sao Paulo Children Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Corresponding author at: R. Santa Justina, 215 ap 62, CEP 04545-041 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- University of Sao Paulo Children Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Mistraletti G, Lancioni A, Bassi G, Nespoli F, Umbrello M, Salini S, Zangrillo A, Pappalardo F, Scandroglio AM, Foti G, Avalli L, Patroniti N, Raimondi F, Costantini E, Catena E, Ottolina D, Ruffini C, Migliari M, Sesana G, Fumagalli R, Pesenti A. Mechanical chest compression and extracorporeal life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A 30-month observational study in the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy. Resuscitation 2023; 182:109659. [PMID: 36503025 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is achieved in 25% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. Mechanical chest compression (mechCPR) may maintain better perfusion during transport, allowing hospital treatments like extracorporeal circulation life support (ECLS). We aim to assess the effectiveness of a pre-hospital protocol introduction. METHODS Observational, retrospective study assessing all OHCA patients aged 12-75, with no-flow time <20 min in a metropolitan area (Milan, Italy, 2013-2016). PRIMARY OUTCOMES ROSC and Cerebral Performance Category score (CPC) ≤2 at hospital discharge. Logistic regressions with multiple comparison adjustments balanced with propensity scores calculated with inverse probability of treatment weighting were performed. RESULTS 1366 OHCA were analysed; 305 received mechCPR, 1061 manual chest compressions (manCPR), and 108 ECLS. ROSC and CPC ≤2 were associated with low-flow minutes (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] 0.90 [0.88-0.91] and 0.90 [0.87-0.93]), shockable rhythm (2.52 [1.71-3.72] and 10.68 [5.63-20.28]), defibrillations number (1.15 [1.07-1.23] and 1.15 [1.04-1.26]), and mechCPR (1.86 [1.17-2.96] and 2.06 [1.11-3.81]). With resuscitation times >13 min, mechCPR achieved more frequently ROSC compared to manCPR. Among ECLS patients, 70% had time exceeding protocol: 8 (7.5%) had CPC ≤2 (half of them with low-flow times between 45 and 90 min), 2 (1.9%) survived with severe neurological disabilities, and 13 brain-dead (12.0%) became organ donors. CONCLUSIONS MechCPR patients achieved ROSC more frequently than manual CPR patients; mechCPR was a crucial factor in an ECLS protocol for refractory OHCA. ECLS offered a chance of survival to patients who would otherwise die.
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- Giovanni Mistraletti
- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy; UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Nuovo di Legnano, ASST Ovest Milanese, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy.
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- Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy.
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- S.C. Anestesia e Rianimazione II, Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, ASST dei Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi, Data Science Research Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento Cardio-Toraco-Vascolare, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione Cardio-Toraco-Vascolare, AO SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale San Gerardo, ASST Monza, Italy.
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- UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale San Gerardo, ASST Monza, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
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- UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy.
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- UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy.
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- UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Italy.
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- SOREUM Sala Operativa Emergenza Urgenza Metropolitana, AREU, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy; SOREUM Sala Operativa Emergenza Urgenza Metropolitana, AREU, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
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Butenschoen VM, Schwendner M, Hubertus V, Onken J, Koegl N, Mohme T, Maurer S, Boeckh-Behrens T, Eicker SO, Thomé C, Vajkoczy P, Czabanka M, Meyer B, Wostrack M. Preoperative angiographic considerations and neurological outcome after surgical treatment of intradural spinal hemangioblastoma: a multicenter retrospective case series. J Neurooncol 2023; 161:107-115. [PMID: 36566460 PMCID: PMC9886638 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-022-04213-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Intradural spinal hemangioblastomas are rare highly hypervascularized benign neoplasms. Surgical resection remains the treatment of choice, with a significant risk of postoperative neurological deterioration. Due to the tumor infrequency, scientific evidence is scarce and limited to case reports and small case series. METHODS We performed a retrospective multicenter study including five high-volume neurosurgical centers analyzing patients surgically treated for spinal hemangioblastomas between 2006 and 2021. We assessed clinical status, surgical data, preoperative angiograms, and embolization when available. Follow-up records were analyzed, and logistic regression performed to assess possible risk factors for neurological deterioration. RESULTS We included 60 patients in Germany and Austria. Preoperative angiography was performed in 30% of the cases; 10% of the patients underwent preoperative embolization. Posterior tumor location and presence of a syrinx favored gross total tumor resection (93.8% vs. 83.3% and 97.1% vs. 84%). Preoperative embolization was not associated with postoperative worsening. The clinical outcome revealed a transient postoperative neurological deterioration in 38.3%, depending on symptom duration and preoperative modified McCormick grading, but patients recovered in most cases until follow-up. CONCLUSION Spinal hemangioblastoma patients significantly benefit from early surgical treatment with only transient postoperative deterioration and complete recovery until follow-up. The performance of preoperative angiograms remains subject to center disparities.
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- Vicki M. Butenschoen
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany ,Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany ,Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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Novelli M, Natale F, Di Norcia A, Boiani A, Temofonte S, Calandriello F, Zitarelli C, Caravale B. Early neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with asymptomatic congenital CMV infection. Ital J Pediatr 2022; 48:203. [PMID: 36572905 PMCID: PMC9793498 DOI: 10.1186/s13052-022-01387-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Approximately 85-90% of congenital cytomegalovirus infections (cCMV) are asymptomatic. Few studies have investigated early and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with asymptomatic cCMV (acCMV), and the data is contradictory. In the present study, we did investigate the effect of cCMV asymptomatic infection on neurological outcomes and in cognitive, language and motor development at 6 months of age. METHODS Fifty-six children with cCMV asymptomatic infection were followed for 6 months, as part of a long-term surveillance program, examining their neurological and developmental outcomes. Neurological examination and Bayley-III Scales were performed. RESULTS Clinical evaluation revealed that early neurological outcomes were essentially normal, with minor neurological deficits (i.e., tone abnormalities) in a subgroup of patients. Bayley-III scores were substantially in the normal range, with 14% showing a score less than 85 (-1SD) in the Motor Scale. Children's neurological and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 6 months of age did not differ according to the trimester of infection. CONCLUSIONS Some infants with cCMV asymptomatic infection may present minor neurological abnormalities in early stages of life. It seems useful to monitor this population for early and late neurodevelopmental sequelae.
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- Maria Novelli
- grid.7841.aDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Polyclinic Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Via Dei Sabelli 108, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Maternal and Child Sciences and Urology, Polyclinic Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Polyclinic Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Via Dei Sabelli 108, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy ,Centro NE.SVI, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- grid.7841.aDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Sharwood LN, King V, Ball J, Varma D, Stanford RW, Middleton JW. The influence of initial spinal cord haematoma and cord compression on neurological grade improvement in acute traumatic spinal cord injury: A prospective observational study. J Neurol Sci 2022; 443:120453. [PMID: 36308844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational cohort study linked with administrative data. OBJECTIVES Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is routinely performed after traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), facilitating early, accurate diagnosis to optimize clinical management. Prognosis from early MRI post-injury remains unclear, yet if available could guide early intervention. The aim of this study was to determine the association of spinal cord intramedullary haematoma and/or extent of cord compression evident on initial spine MRI with neurological grade change after TSCI. METHODS Individuals with acute TSCI ≥16 years of age; MRI review. Neurological gradings (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS)) were compared with initial MRI findings. Various MRI parameters were evaluated for prediction of neurological improvement pre-discharge. RESULTS 120 subjects; 79% male, mean (SD) age 51.0 (17.7) years. Motor vehicle crashes (42.5%) and falls (40.0%) were the most common injury mechanisms. Intramedullary spinal cord haematoma was identified by MRI in 40.0% of patients and was associated with more severe neurologic injury (58.3% initially AIS A). Generalised linear regression showed higher maximum spinal cord compression (MSCC) was associated with lower likelihood of neurological improvement from initial assessment to follow up prior to rehabilitation discharge. Combined thoracic level injury, intramedullary haematoma, and MSCC > 25% resulted in almost 90% probability of pre-discharge AIS (grade A) remaining unchanged from admission assessment. CONCLUSIONS MRI is a vital tool for evaluating the severity and extent of TSCI, assisting in appropriate management decision-making early in TSCI patient care. This study adds to the body of knowledge assisting clinicians in prognostication.
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- L N Sharwood
- University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Northern, C/o Kolling Institute, 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Australia.
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- Radiology, Emergency & Trauma Radiology, The Alfred Health & Monash University, National Trauma Research Institute, Australia; Mission TBI, MRFF Aus Govt., Australia.
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- Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Australia
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- Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Northern Faculty of Medicine and Health, Australia.
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Tsuchida T, Hayakawa M. Author Response Letter: "Correspondence: Is there an association between centre volume and survival or neurological outcomes among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients?". BMC Emerg Med 2022; 22:198. [PMID: 36496373 PMCID: PMC9741772 DOI: 10.1186/s12873-022-00744-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Takumi Tsuchida
- grid.412167.70000 0004 0378 6088Department of Emergency Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14W5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648 Japan
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- grid.412167.70000 0004 0378 6088Department of Emergency Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14W5 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648 Japan
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Amacher SA, Blatter R, Briel M, Appenzeller-Herzog C, Bohren C, Becker C, Beck K, Gross S, Tisljar K, Sutter R, Marsch S, Hunziker S. Predicting neurological outcome in adult patients with cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis of prediction model performance. Crit Care 2022; 26:382. [PMID: 36503620 PMCID: PMC9741710 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04263-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This work aims to assess the performance of two post-arrest (out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, OHCA, and cardiac arrest hospital prognosis, CAHP) and one pre-arrest (good outcome following attempted resuscitation, GO-FAR) prediction model for the prognostication of neurological outcome after cardiac arrest in a systematic review and meta-analysis. A systematic search was conducted in Embase, Medline, and Web of Science Core Collection from November 2006 to December 2021, and by forward citation tracking of key score publications. The search identified 1'021 records, of which 25 studies with a total of 124'168 patients were included in the review. A random-effects meta-analysis of C-statistics and overall calibration (total observed vs. expected [O:E] ratio) was conducted. Discriminatory performance was good for the OHCA (summary C-statistic: 0.83 [95% CI 0.81-0.85], 16 cohorts) and CAHP score (summary C-statistic: 0.84 [95% CI 0.82-0.87], 14 cohorts) and acceptable for the GO-FAR score (summary C-statistic: 0.78 [95% CI 0.72-0.84], five cohorts). Overall calibration was good for the OHCA (total O:E ratio: 0.78 [95% CI 0.67-0.92], nine cohorts) and the CAHP score (total O:E ratio: 0.78 [95% CI 0.72-0.84], nine cohorts) with an overestimation of poor outcome. Overall calibration of the GO-FAR score was poor with an underestimation of good outcome (total O:E ratio: 1.62 [95% CI 1.28-2.04], five cohorts). Two post-arrest scores showed good prognostic accuracy for predicting neurological outcome after cardiac arrest and may support early discussions about goals-of-care and therapeutic planning on the intensive care unit. A pre-arrest score showed acceptable prognostic accuracy and may support code status discussions.
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- Simon A. Amacher
- grid.410567.1Intensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ,grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Meta-Research Centre, Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ,grid.25073.330000 0004 1936 8227Department of Health Research Methodology, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada ,grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland ,grid.410567.1Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Intensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Intensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ,grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Intensive Care, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ,grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.410567.1Medical Communication and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 23, 4031 Basel, Switzerland ,grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Kumarasamy D, Viswanathan VK, Shetty AP, Pratheep GK, Kanna RM, Rajasekaran S. The Role of Riluzole in Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury with Incomplete Neurological Deficit: A Prospective, Randomised Controlled Study. Indian J Orthop 2022; 56:2160-2168. [PMID: 36507215 PMCID: PMC9705651 DOI: 10.1007/s43465-022-00758-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Introduction Riluzole, a benzothiazole sodium channel blocker is acknowledged as a neuroprotective agent in spinal cord injury (SCI). Most of this evidence is based on pre-clinical studies and its effectiveness in clinical setting is undetermined, heretofore. Methods A prospective, randomised-controlled study was conducted between April 2019 and March 2020 at a tertiary-level centre. Patients aged 18-65 years with sub-axial cervical spine injury, who presented within 72 h of injury with incomplete neuro-deficit, were included. They were randomised into groups A (riluzole was administered) and B (no adjuvants). All patients were followed up at 6 weeks/3/6/12 months, and clinical [ASIA motor/sensory scores/grade, SCIM3, and NRS (neuropathic pain)] and radiological evaluation was performed. Results Twenty-three and 20 patients were included in groups A and B. Two in group A were females, while others were males (p = 0.49). Mean age in groups A and B was 47.7 ± 14.8 and 51.2 ± 14.1 years (p = 0.44). Five patients died prior to 6th-week follow-up. Among the others, there was significant improvement in all neurological parameters in both groups (post-injury vs 1-year; motor score: p < 0.001, sensory score: p < 0.001, SCIM3: p < 0.001, NRS: p < 0.001). In both groups, initial significant improvement was noticed even at the 6th-week follow-up, which further continued until the end of 1 year. There was no statistically significant difference between groups A and B with respect to these neurological parameters (motor: p = 0.15, sensory: p = 0.39, SCIM3: p = 0.68, NRS: p = 0.06). Conclusion Administration of riluzole did not significantly improve neurological outcome/neuropathic pain in our cohort. Nevertheless, both our groups demonstrated an overall improvement in neurological outcome at 1 year, as compared with immediate post-injury status.
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- Dinesh Kumarasamy
- Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
- Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641001 India
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Asimakidou E, Meszaros LT, Anestis DM, Tsitsopoulos PP. A systematic review on the outcome of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations. Eur Spine J 2022; 31:3119-3129. [PMID: 35931791 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-022-07332-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the neurological outcome, trends and sequelae following surgical or conservative treatment of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations (ISCCMs). METHODS A systematic review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The primary outcome measure was the change in the neurological status after surgery or conservative management. A logistic regression analysis investigating prognostic factors related to outcome was also performed. RESULTS Twenty-one studies with 1091 patients in total were included, of which 1005 (92.1%) underwent surgical resection and 86 (7.9%) were treated conservatively. Gross total resection was achieved in 95.7% of the patients and partial resection in 4.3%. Most lesions (60.2%) were located in the thoracic spine and presented with motor (60.4%) and sensory deficits (59.7%). In the long term, surgical treatment resulted in an improved neurological status in 36.9% of the patients, in 55.8% it remained stable, and in 7.3% it deteriorated compared to the preoperative state. In the conservative cohort, 21.7% improved, 69.6% remained stable, and 8.7% deteriorated. Solitary lesions, duration of preoperative symptoms less than 3 months as well as an improved post-operative neurological status were predictors of a favourable long-term outcome. CONCLUSIONS Whenever feasible, symptomatic patients with ISCCM are recommended to undergo surgery within 3 months from symptom onset. Absence of multiple lesions and, most importantly, post-operative symptom improvement foresee a favourable long-term outcome. Further research is warranted to discern the role of conservative treatment in symptomatic patients.
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- Evridiki Asimakidou
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Robba C, Badenes R, Battaglini D, Ball L, Sanfilippo F, Brunetti I, Jakobsen JC, Lilja G, Friberg H, Wendel-Garcia PD, Young PJ, Eastwood G, Chew MS, Unden J, Thomas M, Joannidis M, Nichol A, Lundin A, Hollenberg J, Hammond N, Saxena M, Martin A, Solar M, Taccone FS, Dankiewicz J, Nielsen N, Grejs AM, Ebner F, Pelosi P. Oxygen targets and 6-month outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest: a pre-planned sub-analysis of the targeted hypothermia versus targeted normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (TTM2) trial. Crit Care 2022; 26:323. [PMID: 36271410 PMCID: PMC9585831 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04186-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Optimal oxygen targets in patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest are uncertain. The primary aim of this study was to describe the values of partial pressure of oxygen values (PaO2) and the episodes of hypoxemia and hyperoxemia occurring within the first 72 h of mechanical ventilation in out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. The secondary aim was to evaluate the association of PaO2 with patients' outcome. METHODS Preplanned secondary analysis of the targeted hypothermia versus targeted normothermia after OHCA (TTM2) trial. Arterial blood gases values were collected from randomization every 4 h for the first 32 h, and then, every 8 h until day 3. Hypoxemia was defined as PaO2 < 60 mmHg and severe hyperoxemia as PaO2 > 300 mmHg. Mortality and poor neurological outcome (defined according to modified Rankin scale) were collected at 6 months. RESULTS 1418 patients were included in the analysis. The mean age was 64 ± 14 years, and 292 patients (20.6%) were female. 24.9% of patients had at least one episode of hypoxemia, and 7.6% of patients had at least one episode of severe hyperoxemia. Both hypoxemia and hyperoxemia were independently associated with 6-month mortality, but not with poor neurological outcome. The best cutoff point associated with 6-month mortality for hypoxemia was 69 mmHg (Risk Ratio, RR = 1.009, 95% CI 0.93-1.09), and for hyperoxemia was 195 mmHg (RR = 1.006, 95% CI 0.95-1.06). The time exposure, i.e., the area under the curve (PaO2-AUC), for hyperoxemia was significantly associated with mortality (p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS In OHCA patients, both hypoxemia and hyperoxemia are associated with 6-months mortality, with an effect mediated by the timing exposure to high values of oxygen. Precise titration of oxygen levels should be considered in this group of patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov NCT02908308 , Registered September 20, 2016.
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- Chiara Robba
- Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy ,grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 16, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.106023.60000 0004 1770 977XDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care, Hospital Clínic Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain ,grid.5338.d0000 0001 2173 938XDepartment of Surgery, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy ,grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy ,grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 16, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, A.O.U. “Policlinico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.475435.4Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark ,grid.10825.3e0000 0001 0728 0170Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Getingevägen 4, 222 41 Lund, Malmö, Sweden
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.412004.30000 0004 0478 9977Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- grid.415117.70000 0004 0445 6830Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Private Bag 7902, Wellington, 6242 New Zealand ,grid.416979.40000 0000 8862 6892Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand ,grid.1002.30000 0004 1936 7857Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia ,grid.1008.90000 0001 2179 088XDepartment of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia
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- grid.1002.30000 0004 1936 7857Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia ,grid.414094.c0000 0001 0162 7225Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- grid.5640.70000 0001 2162 9922Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden ,grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Operation and Intensive Care, Hallands Hospital Halmstad, Lund University, Halland, Sweden
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- grid.410421.20000 0004 0380 7336University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.1002.30000 0004 1936 7857Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- grid.8761.80000 0000 9919 9582Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 423 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- grid.465198.7Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Centre for Resuscitation Science, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- grid.1005.40000 0004 4902 0432Malcolm Fisher Department of Intensive Care, Royal North Shore Hospital, Critical Care Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- grid.416398.10000 0004 0417 5393Intensive Care Unit, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Medicine, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.4491.80000 0004 1937 116XDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic ,grid.412539.80000 0004 0609 2284Department of Internal Medicine - Cardioangiology, University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- grid.412157.40000 0000 8571 829XDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hopital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Clinical Sciences Helsingborg, Helsingborg Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.154185.c0000 0004 0512 597XDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark ,grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Lund University, 251 87 Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy ,grid.5606.50000 0001 2151 3065Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 16, Genoa, Italy
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Awad EM, Humphries KH, Grunau BE, Norris CM, Christenson JM. Predictors of neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: sex-based analysis: do males derive greater benefit from hypothermia management than females? Int J Emerg Med 2022; 15:43. [PMID: 36064329 PMCID: PMC9442968 DOI: 10.1186/s12245-022-00447-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Previous studies of the effect of sex on after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes focused on survival to hospital discharge and 1-month survival. Studies on the effect of sex on neurological function after OHCA are still limited. The objective of this study was to identify the predictors of favorable neurological outcome and to examine the association between sex as a biological variable and favorable neurological outcome OHCA. Methods Retrospective analyses of clustered data from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium multi-center randomized controlled trial (2011–2015). We included adults with non-traumatic OHCA and EMS-attended OHCA. We used multilevel logistic regression to examine the association between sex and favorable neurological outcomes (modified Rankin Scale) and to identify the predictors of favorable neurological outcome. Results In total, 22,416 patients were included. Of those, 8109 (36.2%) were females. The multilevel analysis identified the following variables as significant predictors of favorable neurological outcome: younger age, shorter duration of EMS arrival to the scene, arrest in public location, witnessed arrest, bystander CPR, chest compression rate (CCR) of 100–120 compressions per minute, induction of hypothermia, and initial shockable rhythm. Two variables, insertion of an advanced airway and administration of epinephrine, were associated with poor neurological outcome. Our analysis showed that males have higher crude rates of survival with favorable neurological outcome (8.6 vs. 4.9%, p < 0.001). However, the adjusted rate was not significant. Further analyses showed that hypothermia had a significantly greater effect on males than females. Conclusions Males had significantly higher crude rates of survival with favorable neurological outcome. However, the adjusted rate was not statistically significant. Males derived significantly greater benefit from hypothermia management than females, but this can possibly be explained by differences in arrest characteristics or in-hospital treatment. In-depth confirmatory studies on the hypothermia effect size by sex are required.
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- Emad M Awad
- Faculty of Medicine, Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 10th Floor, Room 10117, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada. .,BC RESURECT: BC Resuscitation Research Collaborative, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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- BC RESURECT: BC Resuscitation Research Collaborative, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- BC RESURECT: BC Resuscitation Research Collaborative, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculties of Nursing, Medicine, and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- BC RESURECT: BC Resuscitation Research Collaborative, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Regeffe F, Chevignard M, Millet A, Bellier A, Wroblewski I, Patural H, Javouhey E, Mortamet G. Factors associated with poor neurological outcome in children after abusive head trauma: A multicenter retrospective study. Child Abuse Negl 2022; 131:105779. [PMID: 35816903 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) remains the leading cause of brain injury in infants. OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe a cohort of patients with AHT and identify early risk factors associated with poor neurological outcome. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Children under one year old admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of AHT were included. Neurological outcome was assessed by the Pediatric Overall Performance Category score (POPC) at discharge from the hospital and at two years of follow-up. METHODS A multicentre retrospective study was conducted over 8 years (from January 2012 to December 2020). RESULTS A total of 117 patients (mean age 4.3 (+/- 2.5) months, 61 % boys) from three PICUs were included. A total of 99 (85 %) patients completed a 2-year follow-up. Sixty-one (52 %) and 47 (40 %) children with AHT had a POPC (pediatric overall performance category) score ≥ 2 at discharge from ICU and discharge from hospital, respectively (meaning they had at least a moderate disability). Fifty-one (44 %) had a POPC score ≥ 2 at 2-year follow-up, including 19 patients (19 %) with severe disabilities. The main neurological disabilities were neurodevelopmental (n = 38, 35 %), hyperactivity disorder (n = 36, 33 %) and epilepsy (n = 34, 31 %). After analysis according to the hierarchical model, the occurrence of a cardiorespiratory arrest and a low Glasgow Coma Score at admission stand out as factors of poor neurological outcome. CONCLUSION This study highlights the wide range of neurological disabilities in children with AHT. Early and multidisciplinary follow-up is crucial to limit the impact of neurological disability.
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- Fanny Regeffe
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- Rehabilitation Department for Children with Acquired Neurological Injury, Saint Maurice Hospitals, Saint Maurice, France; Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, LIB, CNRS, INSERM, F-75006 Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, GRC 24 Handicap Moteur et Cognitif et Réadaptation (HaMCRe), Paris, France
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- Department of medical Evaluation, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saint-Etienne Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lyon University Hospital, Bron, France
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
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