Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Prognostic Significance of Signs of Life in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Main findingResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 5.65 95% CI 3.97–8.03Authors' conclusion
SOL on arrival was associated with favorable neurologic outcomes in patients with OHCA undergoing ECPR.
Study context
- Population
- Adults (>18 y) with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) admitted to the ED and receiving extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), 36 facilities in the SAVE-J II registry, Japan, 2013–2018of 2157 registered
- Participants
- 1,395 adults
- Exposure
- SOL on arrival vs no SOL
- SOLn = 250
- Outcome
- Favorable neurologic outcome (Cerebral Performance Category 1 or 2)
- Follow-up
- At discharge
Methodological detailsmulticentre registry
- Multicentre registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
5.65
95% CI 3.97–8.03
P < 0.001
By group
SOL vs Without SOL
OR 5.65 (95% CI 3.97–8.03); P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Prognostic Significance of Signs of Life in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*. Crit Care Med. Published 3 November 2023. doi:10.
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