Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Outcome of comatose patients following cardiac arrest: When modified Rankin Scale (mRS) completes Cerebral Performance Category (CPC)
Authors' conclusion
CPC and mRS correlate similarly with neuronal damage. Whilst CPC 1-2 and CPC 4-5 are strongly associated with mRS 0-3 and, respectively, with mRS 5-6, CPC 3 is heterogenous: both good and poor mRS scores are found within this category.
Study context
- Population
- Comatose adults after cardiac arrest, treated April 2016–April 2023
- Participants
- 665 adults
- Outcome
- mRS within each CPC category; correlation of peak NSE (first 48 h) with CPC and mRS
- Follow-up
- 3 months
Methodological detailsconsecutive patients
- Consecutive patients
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
CPC 3: good outcome (mRS 0-3)
53.1%
CPC 3: poor outcome (mRS 4-6)
46.9%
Neuron specific enolase (NSE) correlation with CPC (Spearman's rho; P < 0.001)
0.616
NSE correlation with mRS (Spearman's rho; P < 0.001)
0.613
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Outcome of comatose patients following cardiac arrest: When mRS completes CPC. Resuscitation. Published 10 October 2023. doi:10.
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