| Literature DB >> 36017060 |
Meena Thuccani1,2, Araz Rawshani1,2, Kristofer Skoglund1,2, Niklas Bergh1,2, Per Nordberg3, Malin Albert3, Annika Rosengren1, Johan Herlitz4,1, Christian Rylander5, Peter Lundgren1,4,2.
Abstract
Background: Identifying signs of medical distress prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is important to prevent IHCA and improve survival. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the association between signs of medical distress present within 60 minutes prior to cardiac arrest and survival after cardiac arrest.Entities:
Keywords: Epidemiology; In-hospital cardiac arrest; Outcome
Year: 2022 PMID: 36017060 PMCID: PMC9395656 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100289
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Resusc Plus ISSN: 2666-5204
Definitions of the medical signs of distress present within 60 minutes prior to cardiac arrest according to the SRCR.
| Arrhythmia | Any form of arrhythmia is included |
|---|---|
| Pulmonary oedema | Symptoms consistent with pulmonary oedema or respiratory distress with lung sounds consistent with pulmonary oedema |
| Hypotension | Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg |
| Seizures | Any form of seizure |
| Hypoxia | Blood-oxygen saturation < 90% |
Baseline characteristics.
| Overall | Arrhythmia | Pulmonary oedema | Hypotension | Hypoxia | Seizure | No pre-defined signs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not present | Present | Not present | Present | Not present | Present | Not present | Present | Not present | Present | |||
| n | 8525 | 2905 | 1668 | 3188 | 1151 | 2912 | 1188 | 2707 | 1374 | 4392 | 204 | 1162 |
| Female (%) | 3252 (38.2) | 1096 (37.8) | 582 (34.9) | 1227 (38.6) | 399 (34.7) | 1123 (38.7) | 425 (35.8) | 991 (36.7) | 533 (39.0) | 1657 (37.8) | 74 (36.3) | 437 (37.7) |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 71.9 (13.4) | 71.4 (13.6) | 72.6 (12.6) | 70.6 (14.1) | 74.9 (11.4) | 71.5 (13.8) | 72.0 (12.9) | 71.7 (13.7) | 72.0 (12.8) | 72.1 (13.0) | 65.5 (18.1) | 70.7 (13.9) |
| Comorbidities | ||||||||||||
| Congenital heart defect (%) | 24 (0.5) | 13 (0.5) | 7 (0.7) | 14 (0.5) | 7 (0.7) | 13 (0.5) | 9 (0.9) | 15 (0.6) | 7 (0.6) | 22 (0.5) | 2 (1.1) | 4 (0.4) |
| Previous MI (%) | 1675 (22.5) | 560 (19.9) | 465 (28.8) | 550 (17.8) | 377 (34.1) | 584 (20.8) | 288 (25.0) | 612 (23.4) | 278 (20.8) | 977 (23.1) | 32 (16.2) | 204 (18.2) |
| Previous stroke (%) | 803 (10.5) | 292 (10.2) | 171 (10.3) | 292 (9.3) | 148 (13.0) | 277 (9.6) | 121 (10.3) | 248 (9.3) | 161 (11.9) | 443 (10.2) | 26 (13.1) | 83 (7.2) |
| Heart failure (%) | 2346 (32.3) | 803 (29.1) | 673 (42.3) | 455 (14.8) | 940 (83.9) | 802 (28.8) | 431 (38.5) | 766 (29.3) | 508 (40.2) | 1405 (33.7) | 48 (24.7) | 163 (14.5) |
| Malignancy (%) | 1553 (20.7) | 596 (21.1) | 257 (15.7) | 644 (20.8) | 197 (17.7) | 554 (19.5) | 245 (21.3) | 485 (18.4) | 299 (22.3) | 846 (19.8) | 46 (23.2) | 232 (20.5) |
| Diabetes (%) | 2137 (27.9) | 807 (28.0) | 466 (28.1) | 813 (25.7) | 441 (38.6) | 856 (29.6) | 326 (27.7) | 759 (28.2) | 428 (31.3) | 1279 (29.4) | 50 (24.6) | 291 (25.3) |
| Cardiac arrest characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Cardiac aetiology (%) | 2291 (39.0) | 793 (32.1) | 701 (60.1) | 1020 (37.6) | 476 (47.7) | 1024 (41.3) | 358 (35.5) | 1123 (48.3) | 286 (23.6) | 1549 (41.1) | 51 (30.7) | 405 (41.9) |
| Telemetry monitoring (%) | 4722 (56.4) | 1486 (51.9) | 1386 (84.0) | 1814 (57.5) | 716 (63.3) | 1600 (55.6) | 806 (69.2) | 1681 (62.6) | 744 (55.2) | 2595 (59.9) | 113 (56.2) | 610 (52.9) |
| Witnessed arrest (%) | 6888 (81.7) | 2353 (81.5) | 1530 (92.6) | 2632 (83.0) | 954 (83.5) | 2349 (81.2) | 1077 (91.3) | 2249 (83.7) | 1163 (85.0) | 3654 (83.7) | 193 (94.6) | 911 (79.0) |
| Shockable first rhythm (%) | 1863 (27.5) | 1486 (51.9) | 690 (47.4) | 1814 (57.5) | 259 (26.3) | 1600 (55.6) | 173 (17.9) | 1681 (62.6) | 119 (10.8) | 2595 (59.9) | 38 (25.3) | 299 (32.1) |
| Pre-arrest signs | ||||||||||||
| Arrhythmia (%) | 1668 (36.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1668 (100.0) | 636 (22.5) | 381 (41.3) | 604 (22.7) | 363 (39.3) | 732 (29.7) | 269 (23.1) | 1060 (28.0) | 45 (26.9) | 0 (0) |
| Pulmonary oedema (%) | 1151 (26.5) | 542 (19.8) | 381 (37.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1151 (100.0) | 525 (19.0) | 367 (39.4) | 471 (18.4) | 462 (39.2) | 1018 (25.8) | 26 (15.0) | 0 (0) |
| Hypotension (%) | 1188 (29.0) | 561 (21.5) | 363 (37.5) | 565 (20.2) | 367 (41.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1188 (100.0) | 424 (17.0) | 511 (43.3) | 987 (26.5) | 47 (28.1) | 0 (0) |
| Hypoxia (%) | 1374 (33.7) | 893 (34.0) | 269 (26.9) | 717 (25.6) | 462 (49.5) | 670 (24.5) | 511 (54.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1374 (100.0) | 1252 (32.7) | 62 (39.5) | 0 (0) |
| Seizure (%) | 204 (4.4) | 122 (4.3) | 45 (4.1) | 147 (4.8) | 26 (2.5) | 120 (4.2) | 47 (4.5) | 95 (3.6) | 62 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 204 (100.0) | 0 (0) |
| Cardiac arrest treatment | ||||||||||||
| CPR before RRT arrived (%) | 6791 (92.6) | 2302 (92.4) | 1235 (90.9) | 2487 (92.1) | 925 (91.0) | 2344 (92.3) | 864 (91.4) | 2123 (92.5) | 1062 (91.1) | 3431 (92.0) | 164 (91.1) | 920 (93.1) |
| Intubated during cardiac arrest (%) | 4102 (50.6) | 1484 (53.7) | 587 (37.3) | 1477 (48.7) | 583 (53.4) | 1289 (46.3) | 676 (60.5) | 1095 (42.5) | 834 (63.6) | 2083 (50.1) | 92 (47.4) | 513 (46.3) |
| Defibrillated (%) | 2602 (31.4) | 749 (26.4) | 782 (48.0) | 963 (30.9) | 360 (32.3) | 934 (32.8) | 307 (26.6) | 995 (37.6) | 268 (19.9) | 1383 (32.2) | 52 (26.0) | 379 (33.3) |
| No. of defibrillations (mean (SD)) | 1.4 (2.8) | 1.9 (2.6) | 1.8 (4.1) | 2.0 (3.8) | 2.0 (2.8) | 2.0 (3.9) | 1.7 (2.5) | 2.1 (3.9) | 2.0 (2.6) | 2.1 (3.5) | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.9 (2.8) |
| Mechanical chest compression (%) | 918 (11.5) | 289 (10.6) | 147 (9.5) | 321 (10.7) | 128 (11.9) | 257 (9.4) | 150 (13.4) | 233 (9.2) | 163 (12.6) | 453 (11.0) | 26 (13.5) | 110 (10.0) |
| Adrenaline used (%) | 5353 (65.6) | 1929 (68.6) | 762 (48.4) | 1885 (61.4) | 799 (72.4) | 1667 (59.5) | 881 (76.9) | 1448 (55.6) | 1070 (80.7) | 2737 (64.9) | 118 (59.9) | 653 (57.8) |
| Anti-arrhythmic used (%) | 1208 (15.3) | 330 (12.2) | 390 (25.2) | 439 (14.8) | 191 (17.7) | 414 (15.1) | 166 (15.1) | 448 (17.6) | 157 (12.3) | 658 (16.1) | 23 (11.9) | 154 (14.1) |
| Low flow time (min) (mean (SD)) | 8.9 (16.3) | 8.8 (11.9) | 6.8 (14.4) | 8.2 (13.8) | 10.3 (30.5) | 8.2 (12.9) | 10.8 (31.9) | 7.2 (12.7) | 12.2 (29.2) | 8.9 (19.3) | 7.9 (8.1) | 7.6 (12.1) |
| Time from cardiac arrest to ROSC (min) (mean (SD)) | 9.0 (19.1) | 9.3 (21.1) | 6.8 (14.3) | 8.6 (20.9) | 10.2 (29.9) | 8.5 (20.7) | 10.8 (31.5) | 7.1 (12.6) | 13.5 (38.6) | 9.1 (23.3) | 8.1 (8.1) | 7.4 (11.9) |
Cardiac aetiology is defined as cardiac arrests with presumed cardiac cause. Telemetry monitoring is defined as all patients monitored with telemetry at the time of cardiac arrest. MI = Myocardial infarction, RRT = Rapid response team. Missing data for pre-arrest signs were due to inexplicit reporting of presence or absence of the pre-arrest signs in medical records.
Fig. 1Unadjusted probability (odds ratio) of 30-day survival for each pre-arrest sign. Patients with missing data for pre-arrest signs were excluded from the analysis.
Fig. 2Adjusted probability (odds ratio) of 30-day survival for each pre-arrest sign A: model adjusted for sex and age (continuous variable). B: model A + comorbidities (previous myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure, diabetes). C: model B + arrest characteristics (witnessed arrest, telemetry monitoring, shockable first rhythm and cardiac aetiology). D: model C + cardiac arrest treatment (anti-arrhythmic agent used, adrenaline used, defibrillated at any time, intubated). Patients with missing data for pre-arrest signs were excluded from the analysis.
Fig. 3Probability (odds ratio) of shockable first rhythm for each pre-arrest sign A: Unadjusted model for probability of shockable first rhythm for each pre-arrest condition. B: model A adjusted for sex and age (continuous variable). C: model B + comorbidities (previous myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure, diabetes). D: model C + arrest characteristics (witnessed arrest, telemetry monitoring and cardiac aetiology). Patients with missing data for pre-arrest signs were excluded from the analysis.