Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Associations between clinical characteristics of cardiac arrest and early computed tomography (CT) head findings of hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Main finding · CT findings of HIBIResult — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 1.1 95% CI 1.01–1.11Authors' conclusion
Signs of HIBI are commonly seen on CT head within 6 hours of OHCA, occurring in approximately half of patients, and are associated with CPR duration.
Study context
- Population
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients who underwent whole-body imaging
- Participants
- 180 patients
- Exposure
- Clinical arrest characteristics and early CT findings of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury (HIBI)
- Outcome
- CT findings of HIBI (global cerebral oedema, sulcal effacement, blurred grey-white junction or ventricular compression); primary exposure: duration of cardiac arrest
Main finding
CT findings of HIBI
Adjusted odds ratio
1.1
95% CI 1.01–1.11
P < 0.01
CPR duration
adjusted OR 1.1 (95% CI 1.01–1.11); P < 0.01
As reported in the abstract
- Patients with CT findings of HIBI
- 47 (48.3%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Associations between clinical characteristics of cardiac arrest and early CT head findings of hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 2 June 2023. doi:10.
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