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RESUSCITATION
Volume 85, Issue 5, Pages 664-670Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.12.031
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Cardiac arrest; Hypothermia; Mortality; Inotropic agents; Hemodynamics
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Aim: Inducing therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) can be challenging due to its impact on central hemodynamics and vasopressors are frequently used to maintain adequate organ perfusion. The aim of this study was to assess the association between level of vasopressor support and mortality. Methods: In a 6-year period, 310 comatose OHCA patients treated with TH were included. Temperature, hemodynamic parameters and level of vasopressors were registered from admission to 24 h after rewarming. Level of vasopressor support was assessed by the cardiovascular sub-score of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA). The population was stratified by use of dopamine as first line intervention (D-group) or use of dopamine + norepinephrine/epinephrine (DA-group). Primary endpoint was 30-day mortality and secondary endpoint was in-hospital cause of death. Results: Patients in the DA-group carried a 49% all-cause 30-day mortality rate compared to 23% in the D-group, p(log-rank) < 0.0001, corresponding to an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 2.0 (95% CI: 1.3-3.0), p = 0.001). The DA-group had an increased 30-day mortality due to neurological injury (HR = 1.7 (95% CI: 1.1-2.7), p = 0.02). Cause of death was anoxic brain injury in 78%, cardiovascular failure in 18% and multi-organ failure in 4%. The hemodynamic changes of TH reversed at normothermia, although the requirement for vasopressor support (cardiovascular SOFA >= 3) persisted in 80% of patients. Conclusions: In survivors after OHCA treated with TH the induced hemodynamic changes reversed after normothermia, while the need for vasopressor support persisted. Patients requiring addition of norepinephrine/epinephrine on top of dopamine had an increased 30-day all-cause mortality, as well as death from neurological injury. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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