J Korean Soc Emerg Med.  2013 Apr;24(2):142-148.

The Effect of Brain Hemorrhage on the Prognosis of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: a Retrospective Study

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  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. yongem@gilhospital.com

Abstract

PURPOSE
Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is not an uncommon cause of cardiac arrest. The purpose of this study was to identify the prognosis of patients with ICH for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac arrest (OHCA).
METHODS
From January 2008 to December 2010, a total of 214 patients were checked brain computed tomography (CT) in OHCA. The majority of patients were male (136, 63.8%), and the median age was 55.0 (+/-16.7). We included all patients who were checked through brain CT for non-traumatic OHCA. Data were collected from electronic medical records and pre-hospital records. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were compared between the ICH and non-ICH group.
RESULTS
The detection of ICH by clinical manifestations and laboratory data was difficult. Out of 214 patients, 21 (9.8%) patients were positive for ICH and 193(90.2%) patients had a normal brain CT. In demographic and clinical data, the neurological outcome (CPC score, p=0.009) and 30-day survival rate (p<0.001) were statistically different between the two groups. Using the Cox proportional hazards model, the ICH group had a 3.54 hazard ratio compared with non-ICH group. In addition, pH (p=0.033), lactate (p=0.023) in ABGA, potassium (p=0.008), glucose (p=0.026), and S-100 (p=0.047) showed significant results.
CONCLUSION
The prognosis of ICH patients in OHCA is poor; further studies are needed to improve the prognosis of ICH patients after ROSC in OHCA.

Keyword

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac arrest; Intracranial hemorrhage; Brain Computed Tomography

MeSH Terms

Brain
Electronic Health Records
Glucose
Heart Arrest
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Lactic Acid
Male
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Potassium
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Glucose
Lactic Acid
Potassium
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