Adam P Sigal1, Kristen M Sandel2, David G Buckler3, Thomas Wasser4, Benjamin S Abella3. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA, United States. Electronic address: adam.sigal@towerhealth.org. 2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA, United States. 3. Center for Resuscitation Science and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 4. Consult-Stat: Complete Statistical Services, Macungie, PA, United States.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The 2015 ILCOR Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Guidelines recommend intravenous adrenaline (epinephrine) as a crucial pharmacologic treatment during cardiac arrest resuscitation. Some recent observational studies and clinical trials have questioned the efficacy of its use and suggested possible deleterious effects on overall survival and long-term outcomes. This study aimed to describe the association between time and dose of adrenaline on return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and neurologic function. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the Penn Alliance for Therapeutic Hypothermia (PATH) data registry. The timing of the first dose of adrenaline and the total dose of adrenaline during cardiac arrests was compared between survivors to discharge and non-survivors for arrests lasting greater than 10 min. RESULTS: The registry contained 5594 patients. After excluding patients with an in-hospital cardiac arrest, a non-shockable rhythm, or no adrenaline administration, 1826 were included in the final analysis. Survivors to discharge received adrenaline sooner (median 5.0 vs. 7.0 min, p = 0.022) and required a lower total dose than non-survivors (2.0 vs. 3.0 mg, p < 0.001). For survivors, there was no significant association between the time to first adrenaline dose and favorable neurological outcome as measured by Cerebral Performance Category (CPC). Among survivors, those that received less than 2 mg of adrenaline had a more favorable neurologic outcome than those administered > 3 mg. (CPC 1-2 16.6% vs. 12.5%, p = 0.004). CONCLUSION: Early adrenaline administration is associated with a higher percentage of survival to discharge but not associated with favorable neurological outcome. Those patients with a favorable neurologic outcome received a lower total adrenaline dose prior to ROSC.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The 2015 ILCOR Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Guidelines recommend intravenous adrenaline (epinephrine) as a crucial pharmacologic treatment during cardiac arrest resuscitation. Some recent observational studies and clinical trials have questioned the efficacy of its use and suggested possible deleterious effects on overall survival and long-term outcomes. This study aimed to describe the association between time and dose of adrenaline on return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and neurologic function. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the Penn Alliance for Therapeutic Hypothermia (PATH) data registry. The timing of the first dose of adrenaline and the total dose of adrenaline during cardiac arrests was compared between survivors to discharge and non-survivors for arrests lasting greater than 10 min. RESULTS: The registry contained 5594 patients. After excluding patients with an in-hospital cardiac arrest, a non-shockable rhythm, or no adrenaline administration, 1826 were included in the final analysis. Survivors to discharge received adrenaline sooner (median 5.0 vs. 7.0 min, p = 0.022) and required a lower total dose than non-survivors (2.0 vs. 3.0 mg, p < 0.001). For survivors, there was no significant association between the time to first adrenaline dose and favorable neurological outcome as measured by Cerebral Performance Category (CPC). Among survivors, those that received less than 2 mg of adrenaline had a more favorable neurologic outcome than those administered > 3 mg. (CPC 1-2 16.6% vs. 12.5%, p = 0.004). CONCLUSION: Early adrenaline administration is associated with a higher percentage of survival to discharge but not associated with favorable neurological outcome. Those patients with a favorable neurologic outcome received a lower total adrenaline dose prior to ROSC.
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