• Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim · Dec 2016

    Predictive Value of Brain Arrest Neurological Outcome Scale (BrANOS) on Mortality and Morbidity After Cardiac Arrest.

    • Cengiz Şahutoğlu, Mehmet Uyar, Kubilay Demirağ, Hasan İsayev, and Ali Reşat Moral.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
    • Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2016 Dec 1; 44 (6): 295-300.

    ObjectiveThere are several prediction scales and parameters for prognosis after a cardiac arrest. One of these scales is the brain arrest neurological outcome scale (BrANOS), which consists of duration of cardiac arrest, Glasgow Coma Scale score and Hounsfield unit measured on cranial computed tomography (CT) scan. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of BrANOS on predicting the mortality and disability after a cardiac arrest.MethodsWe retrospectively investigated cardiac arrest patients who were hospitalized in our intensive care unit (ICU) within a 3-year period. Inclusion criteria were age over 18 years old, survival of more than 24 hours after cardiac arrest and availability of cranial CT. We recorded the age, sex, diagnosis, duration of cardiac arrest and hospital stay, mortality, Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) and BrANOS score. The primary endpoint of the study was to establish the relationship between mortality and BrANOS score in patients who survived for more than 24 hours after a cardiac arrest. The secondary endpoint of the study was to determine the 2-year life expectancy and GOS after cardiac arrest.ResultsThe mean age of the patients was 57±17 years (33 females, 67 males). ICU mortality rate was 57%. The BrANOS mean score was 10.3±3.2. There was a significant difference between survivors and non-survivors in terms of the BrANOS score (8.8±3.2 vs. 11.6±2.7; p<0.001). BrANOS reliably predicted the survival with a ROC area under the curve of 0.733. The scale of >14 predicted death with 100% accuracy. All the patients without disability had a BrANOS score of <10. The BrANOS score also correlated well with GOS (p<0.001). The 2-year life expectancy rate was 31% in patients who survived more than 24 hours after a cardiac arrest.ConclusionIn this study, we demonstrated that BrANOS provided reliable data for prognostic evaluation after a cardiac arrest.

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