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Sumner BD, Hahn CW. Prognosis of Cardiac Arrest-Peri-arrest and Post-arrest Considerations. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2023; 41:601-616. [PMID: 37391253 DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2023.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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There has been only a small improvement in survival and neurologic outcomes in patients with cardiac arrest in recent decades. Type of arrest, length of total arrest time, and location of arrest alter the trajectory of survival and neurologic outcome. In the post-arrest phase, clinical markers such as blood markers, pupillary light response, corneal reflex, myoclonic jerking, somatosensory evoked potential, and electroencephalography testing can be used to help guide neurological prognostication. Most of the testing should be performed 72 hours post-arrest with special considerations for longer observation periods in patients who underwent TTM or who had prolonged sedation and/or neuromuscular blockade.
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- Brian D Sumner
- Institute for Critical Care Medicine, 1468 Madison Avenue, Guggenheim Pavilion 6 East Room 378, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside-West, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, USA
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Hinduja A, Gokun Y, Ibekwe E, Senay B, Elmer J. Risk factors for development of cerebral edema following cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2022; 181:297-303. [PMID: 36280215 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cerebral edema following cardiac arrest is a well-known complication of resuscitation and portends a poor outcome. We identified predictors of post-cardiac arrest cerebral edema and tested the association of cerebral edema with discharge outcome. METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review including patients admitted at a single center between January 2015-March 2020 following resuscitation from in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who had head computed tomography imaging. Our primary outcome was moderate-to-severe cerebral edema, which we defined as loss of grey-white differentiation with effacement of the basal and ambient cisterns and radiographic evidence of uncal herniation. We used logistic regression to test associations of demographic information, clinical predictors and comorbidities with moderate-severe cerebral edema. RESULTS We identified 727 patients who met the inclusion criteria, of whom 102 had moderate-to-severe cerebral edema. We identified six independent predictors of moderate-to-severe cerebral edema: younger age, prolonged arrest duration, pulseless electrical activity/asystole as initial rhythm, unwitnessed cardiac arrest, hyperglycemia on admission, and lower Glasgow coma score on presentation. Of patients with moderate-to-severe cerebral edema, 2% survived to discharge, 56% had withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies and 42% progressed to death by neurological criteria. CONCLUSIONS Our study identified several risk factors associated with the development of cerebral edema following cardiac arrest. Further studies are needed to determine the benefits of early interventions in these high-risk patients.
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- Archana Hinduja
- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
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- Center for Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Lang M, Nielsen N, Ullén S, Abul-Kasim K, Johnsson M, Helbok R, Leithner C, Cronberg T, Moseby-Knappe M. A pilot study of methods for prediction of poor outcome by head computed tomography after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2022; 179:61-70. [PMID: 35931271 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In Sweden, head computed tomography (CT) is commonly used for prediction of neurological outcome after cardiac arrest, as recommended by guidelines. We compare the prognostic ability and interrater variability of routine and novel CT methods for prediction of poor outcome. METHODS Retrospective study including patients from Swedish sites within the Target Temperature Management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest trial examined with CT. Original images were assessed by two independent radiologists blinded from clinical data with eye-balling without pre-specified criteria, and with a semi-quantitative assessment. Grey-white-matter ratios (GWR) were quantified using models with 4-20 manually placed regions of interest. Prognostic abilities and interrater variability were calculated for prediction of poor outcome (modified Rankin Scale 4-6 at six months) for early (<24h) and late (≥24h) examinations. RESULTS 68/106 (64%) of included patients were examined <24h post-arrest. Eye-balling predicted poor outcome with 89-100% specificity and 15-78% sensitivity. GWR <24h predicted neurological outcome with unsatisfactory to satisfactory Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve (AUROC: 0.54-0.64). GWR ≥24h yielded very good to excellent AUROC (0.80-0.93). Sensitivities increased >2-3 fold in examinations performed after 24h compared to early examinations. Combining eye-balling with GWR<1.15 predicted poor outcome without false positives with sensitivities remaining acceptable. CONCLUSION In our cohort, qualitative and quantitative CT methods predicted poor outcome with high specificity and low to moderate sensitivity. Sensitivity increased relevantly after the first 24 hours after CA. Interrater variability poses a problem and indicates the need to standardise brain CT evaluation to increase the methodś safety.
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- Margareta Lang
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Radiology, Lund University, Helsingborg Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Lund University, Helsingborg Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Studies Sweden ‑ Forum South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Radiology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Oshikiri K, Ohta R, Sano C. Food Aspiration Induced Hypoxic Encephalopathy Leading to Status Epilepticus. Cureus 2022; 14:e26766. [PMID: 35967132 PMCID: PMC9366028 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) is an emergency that can easily lead to death without appropriate life support. Even if the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is achieved, survivors of sudden cardiac arrest have sustained various degrees of hypoxic encephalopathy. In Japan, rural community hospitals tend to provide care to patients with status epilepticus caused by hypoxic encephalopathy after CPA without sufficient resources. These hospitals neither have enough staff or equipment nor can they perform all the tests required to accurately estimate the prognosis. However, simple methods can be used for better estimation, including reviewing information on arrival, physical examinations, and imaging tests. Herein, we report a case of status epilepticus caused by hypoxic encephalopathy due to food aspiration in a 72-year-old man. For the sake of patients and their families, hospitals without sufficient staff or equipment should try to estimate the prognosis of patients in a manner similar to that described in this report.
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Zhou F, Wang H, Jian M, Wang Z, He Y, Duan H, Gan L, Cao Y. Gray-White Matter Ratio at the Level of the Basal Ganglia as a Predictor of Neurologic Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Literature Review. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:847089. [PMID: 35372375 PMCID: PMC8967346 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.847089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Loss of gray-white matter discrimination is the primary early imaging finding within of cranial computed tomography in cardiac arrest survivors, and this has been also regarded as a novel predictor for evaluating neurologic outcome. As displayed clearly on computed tomography and based on sensitivity to hypoxia, the gray-white matter ratio at basal ganglia (GWR-BG) region was frequently detected to assess the neurologic outcome by several studies. The specificity of GWR-BG is 72.4 to 100%, while the sensitivity is significantly different. Herein we review the mechanisms mediating cerebral edema following cardiac arrest, demonstrate the determination procedures with respect to GWR-BG, summarize the related researches regarding GWR-BG in predicting neurologic outcomes within cardiac arrest survivors, and discuss factors associated with predicting the accuracy of this methodology. Finally, we describe the effective measurements to increase the sensitivity of GWR-BG in predicting neurologic outcome.
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- Fating Zhou
- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Schick A, Prekker ME, Kempainen RR, Mulder M, Moore J, Evans D, Hall J, Rodinm H, Larson J, Caraganis A. Association of hypoxic ischemic brain injury on early CT after out of hospital cardiac arrest with neurologic outcome. Am J Emerg Med 2022; 54:257-262. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Roman-Pognuz E, Elmer J, Guyette FX, Poillucci G, Lucangelo U, Berlot G, Manganotti P, Peratoner A, Pellis T, Taccone F, Callaway C. Multimodal Long-Term Predictors of Outcome in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Treated with Targeted Temperature Management at 36 °C. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10061331. [PMID: 33807041 PMCID: PMC8005130 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10061331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Introduction: Early prediction of long-term outcomes in patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest (CA) is still challenging. Guidelines suggested a multimodal approach combining multiple predictors. We evaluated whether the combination of the electroencephalography (EEG) reactivity, somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) cortical complex and Gray to White matter ratio (GWR) on brain computed tomography (CT) at different temperatures could predict survival and good outcome at hospital discharge and six months after the event. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study including consecutive adult, non-traumatic patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital CA who remained comatose on admission to our intensive care unit from 2013 to 2017. We acquired SSEPs and EEGs during the treatment at 36 °C and after rewarming at 37 °C, Gray to white matter ratio (GWR) was calculated on the brain computed tomography scan performed within six hours of the hospital admission. We primarily hypothesized that SSEP was associated with favor-able functional outcome at distance and secondarily that SSEP provides independent information from EEG and CT. Outcomes were evaluated using the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scale at six months from discharge. Results: Of 171 resuscitated patients, 75 were excluded due to missing data or uninterpretable neurophysiological findings. EEG reactivity at 37 °C has been shown the best single predictor of good out-come (AUC 0.803) while N20P25 was the best single predictor for survival at each time point. (AUC 0.775 at discharge and AUC 0.747 at six months follow up). The predictive value of a model including EEG reactivity, average GWR, and SSEP N20P25 amplitude was superior (AUC 0.841 for survival and 0.920 for good out-come) to any combination of two tests or any single test. Conclusions: Our study, in which life-sustaining treatments were never suspended, suggests SSEP cortical complex N20P25, after normothermia and off sedation, is a reliable predictor for survival at any time. When SSEP cortical complex N20P25 is added into a model with GWR average and EEG reactivity, the predictivity for good outcome and survival at distance is superior than each single test alone.
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- Erik Roman-Pognuz
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34100 Trieste, Italy; (U.L.); (G.B.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-3394879119
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (J.E.); (F.X.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (J.E.); (F.X.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Radiology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, 34128 Trieste, Italy;
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34100 Trieste, Italy; (U.L.); (G.B.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34100 Trieste, Italy; (U.L.); (G.B.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, Italy;
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34100 Trieste, Italy; (U.L.); (G.B.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale Tommaso, 33170 Pordenone, Italy;
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (J.E.); (F.X.G.); (C.C.)
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Prognostic Values of the Gray-to-White Matter Ratio on Brain Computed Tomography Images for Neurological Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest: A Meta-Analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2020:7949516. [PMID: 33490256 PMCID: PMC7803139 DOI: 10.1155/2020/7949516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Materials and Methods The PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases were searched for all relevant articles published before March 31, 2020, without any language restrictions. The pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated with a random-effects model using Stata 14.0 software. Result A total of 24 eligible studies with 2812 CA patients were recruited in the meta-analysis. The pooled result showed that decreased GWR was correlated with poor neurological outcomes after CA (OR = 11.28, 95% CI: 6.29–20.21, and P < 0.001) with moderate heterogeneity (I2 = 71.5%, P < 0.001). The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.58 (95% CI: 0.47–0.68) and 0.95 (95% CI: 0.87–0.98), respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) of GWR was 0.84 (95% CI: 0.80–0.87). Compared with GWR (cerebrum) and GWR (average), GWR using the basal ganglion level of brain CT had the highest AUC of 0.87 (0.84–0.90). Subgroup analysis indicated that heterogeneity may be derived from the time of CT measurement, preset specificity, targeted temperature management, or proportion of cardiac etiology. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the result was stable, and Deeks' plot showed no possible publication bias (P = 0 .64). Conclusion Current research suggests that GWR, especially using the basal ganglion level of brain CT, is a useful parameter for determining neurological outcomes after CA.
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Cardiac arrest is a catastrophic event with high morbidity and mortality. Despite advances over time in cardiac arrest management and postresuscitation care, the neurologic consequences of cardiac arrest are frequently devastating to patients and their families. Targeted temperature management is an intervention aimed at limiting postanoxic injury and improving neurologic outcomes following cardiac arrest. Recovery of neurologic function governs long-term outcome after cardiac arrest and prognosticating on the potential for recovery is a heavy burden for physicians. An early and accurate estimate of the potential for recovery can establish realistic expectations and avoid futile care in those destined for a poor outcome. This chapter reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, therapeutic interventions, prognostication, and neurologic sequelae of cardiac arrest.
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- Rick Gill
- Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, United States.
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Utility of brain parenchyma density measurement and computed tomography perfusion imaging in predicting brain death. Pol J Radiol 2020; 85:e636-e642. [PMID: 33376565 PMCID: PMC7757508 DOI: 10.5114/pjr.2020.101482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Purpose To assess the utility of brain parenchyma density measurement on unenhanced computed tomography (CT) in predicting brain death (BD), in order to evaluate the added value of CT perfusion (CTP). Material and methods A total of 77 patients who were clinically diagnosed as BD and had both CT angiography (CTA) and CTP imaging in the same session were retrospectively reviewed. On unenhanced phase of CTA, density measurement was performed from 23 regions of interests (ROIs) which were located in the following areas: level of basal ganglia (caudate nucleus, putamen, corpus callosum, posterior limb of internal capsule), level of brainstem, grey- white matters on levels of centrum semiovale (CS), high convexity (HC), and cerebellum. CTP images were evaluated qualitatively and independently. Grey matter (GM), white matter (WM), density, and GM/WM density ratio of BD patients were compared with control subjects. Results Comparing with the normal control group, the GM and WM density at each level and GM/WM density ratio of CS, HC, and cerebellum level were significantly lower in brain-dead patients (p = 0.019 for HC-WM, p < 0.001 for other areas). Using ROC analysis, the highest value of area under curve (AUC) for the GM/WM density ratio was found at the HC level (AUC = 0.907). The sensitivity of the GM/WM density ratio at the HC level was found to be 90% when the cut-off value of 1.25 was identified. Evaluating the GM/WM density ratio together with the CTP results increased the sensitivity further to 98%. Conclusions The GM/WM density ratio at the HC level on unenhanced CT may be a useful finding to predict BD. Also, the addition of CTP increases the sensitivity of this method.
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Yang S, Wang X, Gu H, Wang D, Guan T, Liao W, Peng X. Prognostic value of magnetic resonance imaging performed during the subacute phase in adult patients with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy for long-term neurological outcomes. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020; 29:104950. [PMID: 32689616 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of a model based on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed in the subacute phase (between the 1st and 30th day) in predicting long-term neurological outcomes of adult hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) patients. METHODS Ninety-six adult HIE patients who underwent conventional MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) during the subacute phase were retrospectively analyzed. Favorable (Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) 1-2) and unfavorable outcome (CPC 3-5) groups were created based on patient neurological status approximately three months after the onset of hypoxic-ischemic events. A multivariate stepwise regression model was applied after univariate analysis of MRI findings, and then the overall MRI score, Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS), Bilateral ASPECTS (Bi-ASPECTS), modified ASPECTS (mASPECTS) and Bi-ASPECTS combined with posterior circulation ASPECTS (PC-ASPECTS) were calculated based on MRI findings. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to assess prognostic accuracy. RESULTS Both univariate and multivariate analyses showed the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, neostriatum, hippocampus, brainstem and postanoxic leukoencephalopathy were independent prognostic factors for unfavorable outcomes. The multivariate regression analysis resulted in an overall classification accuracy of 84.4%, a sensitivity of 84.2% (95% CI, 71.6-92.1%), and a specificity of 92.3% (95% CI, 78.0-98.0%) for unfavorable outcomes. The model had an areas under the ROC curves (AUC) of 0.944 (95% CI, 0.901-0.987); the MRI overall scores were 0.918 (95% CI, 0.866, 0.971), ASPECTS 0.839 (95% CI, 0.755, 0.923), Bi-ASPECTS 0.837 (95% CI, 0.753, 0.922), mASPECTS 0.851(95% CI, 0.771, 0.931) and Bi-ASPECTS+PC-ASPECTS 0.876 (95% CI, 0.806, 0.946). CONCLUSIONS The multivariate model based on conventional MRI combined with DWI performed in the subacute phase could help predict the prognosis of adult HIE with high performance.
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- Shuai Yang
- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, China.
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Yang KJ, Wang CH, Huang YC, Tseng LJ, Chen YS, Yu HY. Clinical experience of whole-body computed tomography as the initial evaluation tool after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2020; 28:54. [PMID: 32527321 PMCID: PMC7291474 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-020-00746-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background The routine application of whole-body CT after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has not been extensively investigated. We aimed to evaluate the benefit of CT in this context. Methods We retrospectively analyzed all OHCA patients who had received ECPR between January 2006 to May 2019. Electronic records were reviewed to filter out patients who had a whole-body CT as their first clinical evaluation after ECPR. CT findings and major hospital outcomes were evaluated. Results From January 2006 to May 2019, 700 patients had received ECPR in our institution. We identified 93 OHCA patients who received whole-body CT as the first clinical evaluation after ECPR. 22.6% of those had no acute findings detected on CT requiring immediate treatment. In the remaining 77.4%, CT had findings that might lead to alterations in clinical course. Most important findings were myocardial infarction (57.0%), hypoxic brain injury (29.0%), sternal/rib fractures (16.1%), aortic dissection (7.5%), pulmonary embolism (5.4%), and cardiac tamponade (5.4%). There were no significant differences in ICU/hospitalization days, time on ECMO support, survival and neurological outcomes between those with and without immediate CT. In our OHCA cohort, there were 27 patients with CT evidence of hypoxic brain injury, of whom 22.2% (n = 2) managed to wean from ECMO support, 14.8% (n = 4) survived to discharge, but only 3.7% (n = 1) survived with good neurological outcome. Hypoxic brain injury on CT has a 95% specificity in predicting poor neurological outcome, with a false positive rate of only 3.7%. Logistic regression suggested a potential correlation between CT findings of hypoxic brain injury and poor neurological outcome [Odds ratio (OR) = 12.53 (1.55 to 10.1), p = 0.02)]. Conclusions Routine whole-body CT after ECPR in OHCA patients appears to have a limited role, as the majority is caused by ACS. However, it may be a useful tool when CPR-related injury or non-ACS causes of OHCA are suspected, as well as in cases where the cause of OHCA is unknown. On the contrary, routine brain CT may be a valuable tool in guiding anticoagulant therapy during ECMO and in aiding outcome prediction.
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- Kelvin Jeason Yang
- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
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Lopez Soto C, Dragoi L, Heyn CC, Kramer A, Pinto R, Adhikari NKJ, Scales DC. Imaging for Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Neurocrit Care 2020; 32:206-216. [PMID: 31549351 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00842-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Predicting neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest relies on clinical findings, radiological and neurophysiological test results. To evaluate the predictive accuracy of brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for prognostication of neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest. METHODS We searched MEDLINE (database inception to August 2018) and included all observational cohort studies or randomized controlled trials including adult (16 years or older) survivors of cardiac arrest which evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of CT or MRI for predicting neurologic outcome or mortality. Study quality was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 tool. All review stages were conducted independently by 2 reviewers, and where possible data were pooled using bivariate meta-analysis. The main outcome was to evaluate the of accuracy of CT and MRI in neuroprognostication of patients after cardiac arrest. RESULTS We included 44 studies that examined brain CT (n = 24) or MRI (n = 21) in 4008 (n per study, 9-398) patients. Decreased grey to white matter ratio on CT (20 studies) was useful for predicting poor neurological outcome (sensitivity 0.44, 95% CI 0.29-0.60; specificity 0.97, 95% CI 0.93-0.99; positive likelihood ratio [LR+] 13.8, 95% CI 6.9-27.7). Similarly, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) on MRI (16 studies; sensitivity 0.77, 95% CI 0.65-0.85; specificity 0.92, 95% CI 0.85-0.96; LR+ 9.2, 95% CI 5.2-16.4) and DWI and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI (4 studies, sensitivity 0.70, 95% CI 0.43-0.88; specificity 0.95, 95% CI 0.79-0.99; LR+ 13.4, 95% CI 3.5-51.2) were useful for predicting poor neurological outcomes. We found marked heterogeneity in timing of radiological examinations and neurological assessments relative to the cardiac arrest. CONCLUSION Decreased grey to white matter ratio on CT and DWI or DWI and FLAIR on MRI are useful adjuncts for predicting poor early neurological outcome after cardiac arrest.
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- Carmen Lopez Soto
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Cerebral Edema After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Therapeutic Target Following Cardiac Arrest? Neurocrit Care 2019; 28:276-287. [PMID: 29080068 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0474-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We sought to review the role that cerebral edema plays in neurologic outcome following cardiac arrest, to understand whether cerebral edema might be an appropriate therapeutic target for neuroprotection in patients who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Articles indexed in PubMed and written in English. Following cardiac arrest, cerebral edema is a cardinal feature of brain injury and is a powerful prognosticator of neurologic outcome. Like other conditions characterized by cerebral ischemia/reperfusion, neuroprotection after cardiac arrest has proven to be difficult to achieve. Neuroprotection after cardiac arrest generally has focused on protecting neurons, not the microvascular endothelium or blood-brain barrier. Limited preclinical data suggest that strategies to reduce cerebral edema may improve neurologic outcome. Ongoing research will be necessary to determine whether targeting cerebral edema will improve patient outcomes after cardiac arrest.
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Topjian AA, de Caen A, Wainwright MS, Abella BS, Abend NS, Atkins DL, Bembea MM, Fink EL, Guerguerian AM, Haskell SE, Kilgannon JH, Lasa JJ, Hazinski MF. Pediatric Post–Cardiac Arrest Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2019; 140:e194-e233. [DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest results in a post–cardiac arrest syndrome, which can evolve in the days to weeks after return of sustained circulation. The components of post–cardiac arrest syndrome are brain injury, myocardial dysfunction, systemic ischemia/reperfusion response, and persistent precipitating pathophysiology. Pediatric post–cardiac arrest care focuses on anticipating, identifying, and treating this complex physiology to improve survival and neurological outcomes. This scientific statement on post–cardiac arrest care is the result of a consensus process that included pediatric and adult emergency medicine, critical care, cardiac critical care, cardiology, neurology, and nursing specialists who analyzed the past 20 years of pediatric cardiac arrest, adult cardiac arrest, and pediatric critical illness peer-reviewed published literature. The statement summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, management, and prognostication after return of sustained circulation after cardiac arrest, and it provides consensus on the current evidence supporting elements of pediatric post–cardiac arrest care.
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Ryu JA, Lee YH, Chung CR, Cho YH, Sung K, Jeon K, Suh GY, Park TK, Lee JM, Chae MK, Hong JH, Lee SH, Kim HS, Yang JH. Prognostic value of computed tomography score in patients after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Crit Care 2018; 22:323. [PMID: 30466477 PMCID: PMC6251141 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2101-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We evaluated whether Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS) with some modifications could be used to predict neurological outcomes in patients after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). METHODS This was a retrospective, multicenter, observational study of adult unconscious patients who were evaluated by brain computed tomography (CT) within 48 hours after ECPR between May 2010 and December 2016. ASPECTS, bilateral ASPECTS (ASPECTS-b), and modified ASPECTS (mASPECTS) were assessed by ROC curves to predict neurological outcomes. The primary outcome was neurological status upon hospital discharge assessed with the Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) scale. RESULTS Among 58 unconscious patients, survival to discharge was identified in 25 (43.1%) patients. Of these 25 survivors, 19 (32.8%) had good neurological outcomes (CPC score of 1 or 2). Interrater reliability of CT scores was excellent. Intraclass correlation coefficients of ASPECTS, ASPECTS-b, and mASPECTS were 0.918 (95% CI, 0.865-0.950), 0.918 (95% CI, 0.866-0.951), and 0.915 (95% CI, 0.860-0.949), respectively. The predictive performance of mASPECTS for poor neurological outcome was better than that of ASPECTS or ASPECTS-b (C-statistic for mASPECTS vs. ASPECTS, 0.922 vs. 0.812, p = 0.004; mASPECTS vs. ASPECTS-b, 0.922 vs. 0.818, p = 0.003). A cutoff of 25 for poor neurological outcome had a sensitivity of 84.6% (95% CI, 69.5-94.1%) and a specificity of 89.5% (95% CI, 66.9-98.7%) in mASPECTS. CONCLUSIONS mASPECTS might be useful for predicting neurological outcomes in patients after ECPR.
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- Jeong-Am Ryu
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351 Republic of Korea
- Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351 Republic of Korea
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351 Republic of Korea
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, South Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, South Korea
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351 Republic of Korea
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Archila-Rincon LM, Del Carmen Garcia-Blanco M, Roldan-Valadez E. Diagnostic performance of CT densities in selected gray- and white-matter regions for the clinical diagnosis of brain death: A retrospective study in a tertiary-level general hospital. Eur J Radiol 2018; 108:66-77. [PMID: 30396673 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION We aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of Hounsfield Units (HUs) in selected brain region using computed tomography for the clinical diagnosis of brain death (BD). METHODS A retrospective, case-control study design. A total of 66 subjects (22 cases, 44 controls) underwent brain tomography between January 2011 and December 2016. Inclusion criteria for cases considered patients with a CT performed within the 24 first hours of a clinical diagnosis of brain death. Exclusion criteria applied to patients with no CT scan performed before BD diagnosis. Brain-healthy-control subjects were identified from the hospital's CT scan database. We selected 12 regions for each cerebral hemisphere (4 basal ganglia; 2 regions gray matter (GM) regions; 4 white matter (WM) regions; 2 brain stem regions); two GM and WM regions in each cerebellar hemisphere, and 4 GM/WM ratios. Measurements included analysis of variance, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and of pooled effect sizes. RESULTS 72 measures per subject were recorded. Without contrast material, the best performance was the GM/WM ratio at the basal ganglia level (AUROC = 0.893, 95% C.I. = 0.83, 0.96; p-value <.001). After contrast enhancement, the greatest AUROC value corresponded to the thalamus (AUROC = .959, 95% C.I. = .93, .99; p-value < .001). CONCLUSIONS There is not an absolute threshold of GM-WM differentiation below which all patients are diagnosed with BD, but a group of HUs in selected brain regions, some of them with very high sensitivity and specificity to be used as early predictors of BD.
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- Directorate of Research, Hospital General de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
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Gray matter to white matter ratio for predicting neurological outcomes in patients treated with target temperature management after cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2018; 132:21-28. [PMID: 30165096 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic accuracy of the gray matter to white matter ratio (GWR) in predicting neurological outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients treated with target temperature management. DATA SOURCES We systematically searched MEDLINE and EMBASE (Search date: 09/13/2017). Included studies were those evaluating neurological outcomes using the cerebral performance categories scale. We performed a subgroup analysis based on the location of the measurement. The Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool was used to assess the risk of bias. RESULTS In total, 1150 patients from 10 observational studies were included. GWR of the basal ganglia (BG) average showed the highest value (area under the curve [AUC] 0.96, SE 0.02, Q 0.90) compared with the putamen/posterior limb of internal capsule (AUC 0.93, SE 0.05, Q 0.87), overall average (AUC 0.91, SE 0.02, Q 0.85), and cerebrum (AUC 0.89, SE 0.05, Q 0.82) for prognostic accuracy. Furthermore, the highest pooled diagnostic odd ratio of GWR for predicting poor neurological outcomes was shown for the BG average (21.00, 95% CI 6.85-64.40) followed by the overall average (20.71, 95% CI 9.53-44.98), putamen/posterior limb of internal capsule (16.08, 95% CI 4.36-59.23), and cerebrum (13.96, 95% CI 4.26-45.76). CONCLUSIONS GWR in the early cranial computed tomography scan had high prognostic value in predicting poor neurological outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients. The BG GWR had the highest prognostic accuracy when compared to other locations of the brain.
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Yildiz H. Successful Therapeutic Hypothermia in a Propofol-Related Cardiac Arrest Case: A Case Report and Literature Review. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2018; 8:239-244. [PMID: 29993335 DOI: 10.1089/ther.2018.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Targeted temperature management (therapeutic hypothermia) is a treatment method used to prevent potential complications that can develop in relation to the increased temperature in the brain as a result of cardiac arrest. Due to costs and various health policies there is no comprehensive study in the world that has been able to guide the relevant literature on therapeutic hypothermia. We have presented a 25-year-old female patient in our study who developed cardiac arrest after the administration of propofol for sedation before undergoing a diagnostic upper gastroscopy procedure and received a successful therapeutic hypothermia therapy following a resuscitation of 19 minutes.
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- Hamit Yildiz
- Internal Medicine, Department of Critical Care, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Nishikimi M, Ogura T, Matsui K, Takahashi K, Fukaya K, Liu K, Morita H, Nakamura M, Matsui S, Matsuda N. Accuracy of the first interpretation of early brain CT images for predicting the prognosis of post-cardiac arrest syndrome patients at the emergency department. J Intensive Care 2018; 6:26. [PMID: 29721320 PMCID: PMC5918845 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-018-0296-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Early brain CT is one of the most useful tools for estimating the prognosis in patients with post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) at the emergency department (ED). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognosis-prediction accuracy of the emergency physicians' interpretation of the findings on early brain CT in PCAS patients treated by targeted temperature management (TTM). Methods This was a double-center, retrospective, observational study. Eligible subjects were cardiac arrest patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for TTM between April 2011 and March 2017. We performed the McNemar test to compare the predictive accuracies of the interpretation by emergency physicians and radiologists and calculated the kappa statistic for determining the concordance rate between the interpretations by these two groups. Results Of the 122 eligible patients, 106 met the inclusion criteria for this study. The predictive accuracies (sensitivity, specificity) of the interpretations by the emergency physicians and radiologists were (0.34, 1.00) and (0.41, 0.93), respectively, with no significant difference in either the sensitivity or specificity as assessed by the McNemar test. The kappa statistic calculated to determine the concordance between the two interpretations was 0.66 (0.48-0.83), which showed a good conformity. Conclusions The emergency physicians' interpretation of the early brain CT findings in PCAS patients treated by TTM was as reliable as that of radiologists, in terms of prediction of the prognosis.
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- Mitsuaki Nishikimi
- 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 64, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560 Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- 3Department of Biostatistics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- 3Department of Biostatistics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 64, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560 Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- 3Department of Biostatistics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 64, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560 Japan
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Ruttmann E, Dietl M, Kastenberger T, El Attal R, Ströhle M, Ulmer H, Mair P. Characteristics and outcome of patients with hypothermic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Experience from a European trauma center. Resuscitation 2017; 120:57-62. [PMID: 28866108 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.08.242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aim of the study was to investigate patient characteristics, survival rates and neurological outcome among hypothermic patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) admitted to a trauma center. METHODS A review of patients with OHCA and a core temperature ≤32°C admitted to a trauma center between 2004 and 2016. RESULTS Ninety-six patients (mean temperature 25.8°C±3.9°C) were entered in the study, 37 (39%) of them after avalanche burial. 47% showed return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) prior to hospital admission. Survival with Glasgow-Pittsburgh Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scale 1 or 2 was achieved in 25% of all patients and was higher in non-avalanche than in avalanche cases (35.6% vs 8.1%, p=0.002). Witnessed cardiac arrest was the most powerful predictor of favourable neurological outcome (RR: 10.8; 95% Confidence Interval: 3.2-37.1; Wald: 14.3; p<0.001), whereas ROSC prior to admission and body core temperature were not associated with survival with favourable neurological outcome. Cerebral CT scan pathology within 12h of admission increased the risk for unfavourable neurological outcome 11.7 fold (RR: 11.7; 95% CI: 3.1-47.5; p<0.001). Favourable neurological outcome was associated lower S 100-binding protein (0.69±0.5μg/l vs 5.8±4.9μg/l, p 0.002) and neuron-specific enolase (34.7±14.2μg/l vs 88.4±42.7μg/l, p 0.004) concentrations on intensive care unit (ICU) admission. CONCLUSIONS Survival with favourable neurological outcome was found in about a third of all hypothermic non-avalanche patients with OHCA admitted to a trauma center.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Carinnagasse 47, 6800 Feldkirch, Austria
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Health Economy, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schoepfstrasse 41, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Scarpino M, Lanzo G, Lolli F, Moretti M, Carrai R, Migliaccio ML, Spalletti M, Bonizzoli M, Peris A, Amantini A, Grippo A. Is brain computed tomography combined with somatosensory evoked potentials useful in the prediction of brain death after cardiac arrest? Neurophysiol Clin 2017; 47:327-335. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Vigneron C, Labeye V, Cour M, Hannoun S, Grember A, Rampon F, Cotton F. Gray Matter–White Matter De-Differentiation on Brain Computed Tomography Predicts Brain Death Occurrence. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:1893-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neurological prognostication of outcome in patients in coma after cardiac arrest. Lancet Neurol 2016; 15:597-609. [PMID: 27017468 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(16)00015-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Management of coma after cardiac arrest has improved during the past decade, allowing an increasing proportion of patients to survive, thus prognostication has become an integral part of post-resuscitation care. Neurologists are increasingly confronted with raised expectations of next of kin and the necessity to provide early predictions of long-term prognosis. During the past decade, as technology and clinical evidence have evolved, post-cardiac arrest prognostication has moved towards a multimodal paradigm combining clinical examination with additional methods, consisting of electrophysiology, blood biomarkers, and brain imaging, to optimise prognostic accuracy. Prognostication should never be based on a single indicator; although some variables have very low false positive rates for poor outcome, multimodal assessment provides resassurance about the reliability of a prognostic estimate by offering concordant evidence.
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Lee YH, Oh YT, Ahn HC, Kim HS, Han SJ, Lee JJ, Lee TH, Seo JY, Shin DH, Ha SO, Park SO. The prognostic value of the grey-to-white matter ratio in cardiac arrest patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Resuscitation 2016; 99:50-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Head CT after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is often obtained to evaluate intracranial pathology. Among children admitted to the PICU following pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, we hypothesized that loss of gray-white matter differentiation and basilar cistern and sulcal effacement are associated with mortality and unfavorable neurologic outcome. DESIGN Retrospective, cohort study. SETTING Single, tertiary-care center PICU. PATIENTS Seventy-eight patients less than 18 years old who survived out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to PICU admission and had a head CT within 24 hours of return of spontaneous circulation were evaluated from July 2005 through May 2012. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Median time to head CT from return of spontaneous circulation was 3.3 hours (1.0, 6.0). Median patient age was 2.3 years (0.4, 9.5). Thirty-nine patients (50%) survived, of whom 29 (74%) had favorable neurologic outcome. Nonsurvivors were more likely than survivors to have 1) loss of gray-white matter differentiation (Hounsfield unit ratios, 0.96 [0.88, 1.07] vs 1.1 [1.07, 1.2]; p < 0.001), 2) basilar cistern effacement (93% vs 7%; p = 0.001; positive predictive value, 94%; negative predictive value, 59%), and 3) sulcal effacement (100% vs 0%; p ≤ 0.001; positive predictive value, 100%; negative predictive value, 68%). All patients with poor gray-white matter differentiation or sulcal effacement had unfavorable neurologic outcomes. Only one patient with basilar cistern effacement had favorable outcome. CONCLUSIONS Loss of gray-white matter differentiation and basilar cistern effacement and sulcal effacement are associated with poor outcome after pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Select patients may have favorable outcomes despite these findings.
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Gentsch A, Storm C, Leithner C, Schroeder T, Ploner CJ, Hamm B, Wiener E, Scheel M. Outcome Prediction in Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Simplified Method for Determination of Gray–White Matter Ratio in Cranial Computed Tomography. Clin Neuroradiol 2014; 25:49-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00062-013-0281-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cronberg T, Brizzi M, Liedholm LJ, Rosén I, Rubertsson S, Rylander C, Friberg H. Neurological prognostication after cardiac arrest—Recommendations from the Swedish Resuscitation Council. Resuscitation 2013; 84:867-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND The prediction of neurologic outcome is a fundamental concern in the resuscitation of patients with severe brain injury. OBJECTIVE To provide an evidence-based update on neurologic prognosis following traumatic brain injury and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest. DATA SOURCE Search of the PubMed database and manual review of bibliographies from selected articles to identify original data relating to prognostic methods and outcome prediction models in patients with neurologic trauma or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. DATA SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSION Articles were scrutinized regarding study design, population evaluated, interventions, outcomes, and limitations. Outcome prediction in severe brain injury is reliant on features of the neurologic examination, anatomical and physiological changes identified with CT and MRI, abnormalities detected with electroencephalography and evoked potentials, and physiological and biochemical derangements at both the brain and systemic levels. Use of such information in univariable association studies generally lacks specificity in classifying neurologic outcome. Furthermore, the accuracy of established prognostic classifiers may be affected by the introduction of outcome-modifying interventions, such as therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest. Although greater specificity may be achieved with scoring systems derived from multivariable models, they generally fail to predict outcome with sufficient accuracy to be meaningful at the single patient level. Discriminative models which integrate knowledge of genetic determinants and biologic processes governing both injury and repair and account for the effects of resuscitative and rehabilitative care are needed.
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