Martin Frydland1, Jesper Kjaergaard2, David Erlinge3, Michael Wanscher2, Niklas Nielsen4, Tommaso Pellis5, Anders Åneman6, Hans Friberg7, Jan Hovdenes8, Janneke Horn9, Jørn Wetterslev10, Matilde Winther-Jensen2, Matthew P Wise11, Michael Kuiper12, Pascal Stammet13, Tobias Cronberg14, Yvan Gasche15, Christian Hassager2. 1. The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: martin.frydland@me.com. 2. The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. 3. Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. 4. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden. 5. Department of Intensive Care, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone, Italy. 6. Department of Intensive Care, Liverpool hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 7. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 8. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. 9. Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 10. Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre of Clinical Intervention Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. 11. Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom. 12. Department of Intensive Care, Leeuwarden Medical Centrum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. 13. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg. 14. Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neurology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 15. Department of Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Despite a lack of randomized trials in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with an initial non-shockable rhythm (NSR), guidelines recommend induced hypothermia to be considered in these patients. We assessed the effect on outcome of two levels of induced hypothermia in comatose patient resuscitated from NSR. METHODS:Hundred and seventy-eight patients out of 950 in the TTM trial with an initial NSR were randomly assigned to targeted temperature management at either 33°C (TTM33, n=96) or 36°C (TTM36, n=82). We assessed mortality, neurologic function (Cerebral Performance Score (CPC) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS)), and organ dysfunction (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score). RESULTS: Patients with NSR were older, had longer time to ROSC, less frequently had bystander CPR and had higher lactate levels at admission compared to patients with shockable rhythm, p<0.001 for all. Mortality in patients with NSR was 84% in both temperature groups (unadjusted HR 0.92, adjusted HR 0.75; 95% CI 0.53-1.08, p=0.12). In the TTM33 group 3% survived with poor neurological outcome (CPC 3-4, mRS 4-5), compared to 2% in the TTM36 group (adjusted OR 0.67; 95% CI 0.08-4.73, p=0.69 for both). Thirteen percent in the TTM33 group and 15% in the TTM36 group had good neurologic outcome (CPC 1-2, mRS 0-3, OR 1.5, CI 0.21-12.5, p=0.69). The SOFA-score did not differ between temperature groups. CONCLUSION:Comatose patients after OHCA with initial NSR continue to have a poor prognosis. We found no effect of targeted temperature management at 33°C compared to 36°C in these patients.
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PURPOSE: Despite a lack of randomized trials in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with an initial non-shockable rhythm (NSR), guidelines recommend induced hypothermia to be considered in these patients. We assessed the effect on outcome of two levels of induced hypothermia in comatosepatient resuscitated from NSR. METHODS: Hundred and seventy-eight patients out of 950 in the TTM trial with an initial NSR were randomly assigned to targeted temperature management at either 33°C (TTM33, n=96) or 36°C (TTM36, n=82). We assessed mortality, neurologic function (Cerebral Performance Score (CPC) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS)), and organ dysfunction (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score). RESULTS:Patients with NSR were older, had longer time to ROSC, less frequently had bystander CPR and had higher lactate levels at admission compared to patients with shockable rhythm, p<0.001 for all. Mortality in patients with NSR was 84% in both temperature groups (unadjusted HR 0.92, adjusted HR 0.75; 95% CI 0.53-1.08, p=0.12). In the TTM33 group 3% survived with poor neurological outcome (CPC 3-4, mRS 4-5), compared to 2% in the TTM36 group (adjusted OR 0.67; 95% CI 0.08-4.73, p=0.69 for both). Thirteen percent in the TTM33 group and 15% in the TTM36 group had good neurologic outcome (CPC 1-2, mRS 0-3, OR 1.5, CI 0.21-12.5, p=0.69). The SOFA-score did not differ between temperature groups. CONCLUSION:Comatosepatients after OHCA with initial NSR continue to have a poor prognosis. We found no effect of targeted temperature management at 33°C compared to 36°C in these patients.
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