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Prediction of outcome after resuscitation from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation treated with therapeutic hypothermia
Survival was significantly higher in the hypothermia group (56%versus 36%), whereas no significant difference was observed in severity between the two periods. Only age, time from return to spontaneous circulation <20 min, and therapeutic hypothermia were independently associated with survival. Therapeutic hypothermia was well tolerated and was associated with a significant improvement in neurological outcome. Whereas only 23%of patients actually reached the target temperature in 2003, 100%did in 2005.
Therapeutic hypothermia is efficient in significantly improving survival and neurological outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation. By using a simple method, it can be implemented easily and quickly, without side effects.
mg border=0 src="/scidirimg/jrn_nsub.gif" alt="You are not entitled to access the full text of this document" title="You are not entitled to access the full text of this document" width=12 height=14"> m/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T19-4JBGJBN-1&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=article&_cdi=4885&_sort=v&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=621&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=e8ea3ace08e4670032a5da0420406400">Comparison of 30 and the 100%inspired oxygen concentrations during early post Resuscitation, Volume 69, Issue 2, May 2006, Pages 199-206 M. Kuisma, J. Boyd, V. Voipio, A. Alaspää, R.O. Roine, P. Rosenberg Abstract mlktScroll"> SummaryObjectivesHigh oxygen concentration in blood may be harmful in the reperfusion phase after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We compared the effect of 30 and 100%inspired oxygen concentrations on blood oxygenation and the level of serum markers (NSE, S-100) of neuronal injury during the early post-resuscitation period in humans. |
mg border=0 src="/scidirimg/jrn_nsub.gif" alt="You are not entitled to access the full text of this document" title="You are not entitled to access the full text of this document" width=12 height=14"> m/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T19-4F7B481-9&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=article&_cdi=4885&_sort=v&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=621&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=2de65af3e335aab7b4150ee2e9f39524">Outcome after cardiac arrest: predictive values and limitations of the neuroproteins neuron Resuscitation, Volume 65, Issue 1, April 2005, Pages 49-55 Rüdiger Pfeifer, Angelika Börner, Andreas Krack, Holger H. Sigusch, Ralf Surber, Hans R. Figulla Abstract mlktScroll"> Background and purpose:Patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest are at risk of subsequent death or poor neurological outcome up to a persistent vegetative state. We investigated the prognostic value of several epidemiological and clinical markers and two neuroproteins, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S-100 protein (S-100), in 97 patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after non-traumatic cardiac arrest between 1998 and 2002.Results:52.6%of the patients died, 28.8%survived with severe, moderate or without neurological disorders, and 18.6%remained in a persistent vegetative state. Unconsciousness >48 h after CPR predicted a 60.6-fold (95%CI 14.3287–257.205, p = 0.001) and a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <6 points after 72 h a 11.2-fold (CI 95%, 3.55–36.44, p < 0.001) risk of poor neurological outcome. Serum levels ≥ 65 ng/ml for NSE and ≥ 1.5 μg/l for S-100 increased the risk of death and persistent vegetative state 16.8 (95%CI 2.146–131.520)- and 12.6 (95%CI 1.1093–99.210)-fold, respectively. By combination of the GCS with elevated serum concentrations of both neuroproteins above the cut off levels on third day after CPR a poor neurological outcome was predicted with a specificity of 100%. Conclusion:The combination of GCS with the serum levels of both neuroproteins at 72 h after CPR permit a more reliable prediction of outcome in post arrest coma than the single markers alone, independent of the application of anaesthetic agents. m/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6T19-4F7B481-9-7&_cdi=4885&_user=10&_orig=article&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2005&_sk=999349998&view=c&wchp=dGLbVlb-zSkzk&md5=3ffb6ffe809d323baaadb888630cd78d&ie=/sdarticle.pdf">mg name="pdf" style="vertical-align:absmiddle;" border="0" src="http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/icon_pdf.gif" alt=""> Purchase PDF (211 K) |
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