• Journal of critical care · Jun 2020

    Observational Study

    Cerebrospinal fluid lactate dehydrogenase as a potential predictor of neurologic outcomes in cardiac arrest survivors who underwent target temperature management.

    • Jung Soo Park, Yeonho You, Hong Joon Ahn, Jin Hong Min, Wonjoon Jeong, Insool Yoo, Yongchul Cho, Seung Ryu, Jinwoong Lee, Seungwhan Kim, Sung Uk Cho, Se Kwang Oh, Chang Shin Kang, and Byung Kook Lee.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
    • J Crit Care. 2020 Jun 1; 57: 49-54.

    PurposeCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels increase in patients with brain injury. We investigated neurologic outcomes associated with CSF LDH levels in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors who underwent target temperature management (TTM).Materials And MethodsThis was a prospective single-centre observational study from April 2018 to May 2019 on a cohort of 41 patients. CSF and serum LDH samples were obtained immediately (LDH0) and at 24 (LDH24), 48 (LDH48), and 72 h (LDH72) after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Neurologic outcomes were assessed at 3 months after ROSC using the Cerebral Performance Category scale.ResultsTwenty-one patients had a poor neurologic outcome. CSF LDH levels were significantly higher in the poor neurologic outcome group at each time point. The area under the curve (AUC) of CSF LDH48 was 0.941 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.806-0.992). With a cut off value of 250 U/L, CSF LDH48 had a high sensitivity (94.1%; 95% CI, 71.3-99.9) at 100% specificity.ConclusionsCSF LDH level at 48 h was a highly specific and sensitive marker for 3-month poor neurologic outcome. This may constitute a useful predictive marker for neurologic outcome in OHCA survivors treated with TTM.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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