Objective We investigated the possible association between lower serum lactate to albumin ratio upon hospital arrival and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcome.
Methods Records from the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine–Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (JAAM-OHCA) Registry were used for this multicenter observational study. Enrolled patients were ≥18 years old with OHCA of medical etiology who were hospitalized after spontaneous circulation returned between June 1, 2014, and December 31, 2021. We excluded those with missing data or those who failed to meet predefined inclusion criteria. The primary outcome was a cerebral performance category scale of 1 or 2 which indicated 30-day survival with favorable neurological outcome. Patients were divided into quartiles based on serum lactate to albumin ratios. The multivariable logistic regression analysis included adjustment for multiple factors.
Results Data from 4,413 patients were analyzed. The primary outcome was achieved by 558 of 1,104 patients (50.5%) in the first quartile (lactate to albumin ratio, ≤2.23), 240 of 1,111 patients (21.6%) in the second quartile (lactate to albumin ratio >2.23–3.39), 96 of 1,096 patients (8.8%) in the third quartile (lactate to albumin ratio >3.39–4.70), and 24 of 1,102 patients (2.2%) in the fourth quartile (lactate to albumin ratio, >4.70). Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the primary outcome in the second, third, and fourth quartile compared with the first quartile were 0.33 (0.26–0.42), 0.19 (0.14–0.26), and 0.07 (0.04–0.11), respectively.
Conclusion A statistically significant association between categorization in the lower lactate to albumin ratio quartile group and favorable neurological outcome after OHCA was identified.
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Methods We used the Korean Hypothermia Network prospective registry, a web-based multicenter registry that includes data from 22 participating hospitals throughout the Republic of Korea. Adult comatose OHCA survivors treated with TTM between October 2015 and December 2018 were included. The primary outcome was neurological outcome at 6 months.
Results Of the 1,354 registered OHCA survivors treated with TTM, 550 (40.6%) survived 6 months, and 413 (30.5%) had good neurological outcomes. We identified 839 (62.0%) patients with preClinsumed cardiac etiology. A total of 937 (69.2%) collapses were witnessed, shockable rhythms were demonstrated in 482 (35.6%) patients, and 421 (31.1%) patients arrived at the emergency department with prehospital return of spontaneous circulation. The most common target temperature was 33°C, and the most common target duration was 24 hours.
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Results A total of 71 patients were analyzed (0.15°C/hr, n=36; 0.25°C/hr, n=35). In the comparison between 0.15°C/hr and 0.25°C/hr, the poor neurologic outcome did not significantly differ (24 [66.7%] vs. 25 [71.4%], respectively; P=0.66). In the multivariate analysis, the rewarming rate of 0.15°C/hr was not associated with the 1-month neurologic outcome improvement (odds ratio, 0.54; 95% confidence interval, 0.16 to 1.69; P=0.28).
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