• BMC anesthesiology · Sep 2021

    Observational Study

    Circulatory trajectories after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study.

    • Halvor Langeland, Daniel Bergum, Trond Nordseth, Magnus Løberg, Thomas Skaug, Knut Bjørnstad, Ørjan Gundersen, Nils-Kristian Skjærvold, and Pål Klepstad.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. halvor.langeland@ntnu.no.
    • BMC Anesthesiol. 2021 Sep 8; 21 (1): 219219.

    BackgroundCirculatory failure frequently occurs after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and is part of post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS). The aim of this study was to investigate circulatory disturbances in PCAS by assessing the circulatory trajectory during treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU).MethodsThis was a prospective single-center observational cohort study of patients after OHCA. Circulation was continuously and invasively monitored from the time of admission through the following five days. Every hour, patients were classified into one of three predefined circulatory states, yielding a longitudinal sequence of states for each patient. We used sequence analysis to describe the overall circulatory development and to identify clusters of patients with similar circulatory trajectories. We used ordered logistic regression to identify predictors for cluster membership.ResultsAmong 71 patients admitted to the ICU after OHCA during the study period, 50 were included in the study. The overall circulatory development after OHCA was two-phased. Low cardiac output (CO) and high systemic vascular resistance (SVR) characterized the initial phase, whereas high CO and low SVR characterized the later phase. Most patients were stabilized with respect to circulatory state within 72 h after cardiac arrest. We identified four clusters of circulatory trajectories. Initial shockable cardiac rhythm was associated with a favorable circulatory trajectory, whereas low base excess at admission was associated with an unfavorable circulatory trajectory.ConclusionCirculatory failure after OHCA exhibits time-dependent characteristics. We identified four distinct circulatory trajectories and their characteristics. These findings may guide clinical support for circulatory failure after OHCA.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02648061.© 2021. The Author(s).

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