Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Association of Suspected Aspiration During of Out‐Of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest With Development of Early‐Onset Pneumonia
Authors' conclusion
Suspicion of aspiration during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was not associated with early-onset pneumonia.
Study context
- Population
- Comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors treated in the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Participants
- 55 survivors
- Exposure
- Suspected vs no suspected aspiration during OHCA
- Suspected aspirationn = 11
- Outcome
- Diagnosis of early-onset pneumonia
- Follow-up
- First 96 h of ICU stay
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Early-onset pneumonia · first 96 h
P = 0.130
- Prehospital suspicion of aspiration not associated with early-onset pneumonia in multivariable regression
- OR 2.8 2.8 (95% CI 0.29-28)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Oxygenation, ventilation and ventilator parameters
- Comparable in the two groups
Pneumonia findings on chest X-ray, CT and infection parameters
- Similar across the groups
Original publication
Association of Suspected Aspiration During of Out‐Of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest With Development of Early‐Onset Pneumonia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 14 May 2026. doi:10.
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