Predictors of functional outcome after intraoperative cardiac arrest

Anne Laure Constant, Claire Montlahuc, David Grimaldi, Nicolas Pichon, Nicolas Mongardon, Lauriane Bordenave, Alexis Soummer, Bertrand Sauneuf, Sylvie Ricome, Benoit Misset, David Schnell, Etienne Dubuisson, Jennifer Brunet, Sigismond Lasocki, Pierrick Cronier, Belaid Bouhemad, Jean François Loriferne, Emmanuelle Begot, Benoit Vandenbunder, Gilles DhonneurJean Pierre Bedos, Philippe Jullien, Matthieu Resche-Rigon, Stephane Legriel

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    Abstract

    Background: Few outcome data are available about intraoperative cardiac arrest (IOCA). The authors studied 90-day functional outcomes and their determinants in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after IOCA. Methods: Patients admitted to 11 intensive care units in a period of 2000-2013 were studied retrospectively. The main outcome measure was a day-90 Cerebral Performance Category score of 1 or 2. Results: Of the 140 patients (61 women and 79 men; median age, 60 yr [interquartile range, 46 to 70]), 131 patients (93.6%) had general anesthesia, 80 patients (57.1%) had emergent surgery, and 73 patients (52.1%) had IOCA during surgery. First recorded rhythms were asystole in 73 patients (52.1%), pulseless electrical activity in 44 patients (31.4%), and ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia in 23 patients (16.4%). Median times from collapse to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and return of spontaneous circulation were 0 min (0 to 0) and 10 min (5 to 20), respectively. Postcardiac arrest shock was identified in 114 patients (81.4%). Main causes of IOCA were preoperative complications (n = 46, 32.9%), complications of anesthesia (n = 39, 27.9%), and complications of surgical procedures (n = 36, 25.7%). On day 90, 63 patients (45.3%) were alive with Cerebral Performance Category score 1/2. Independent predictors of day-90 Cerebral Performance Category score 1/2 were day-1 Logistic Organ Dysfunction score (odds ratio, 0.78 per point; 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.87; P = 0.0001), ventricular fibrillation/ tachycardia as first recorded rhythm (odds ratio, 4.78; 95% CI, 1.38 to 16.53; P = 0.013), and no epinephrine therapy during postcardiac arrest syndrome (odds ratio, 3.14; 95% CI, 1.29 to 7.65; P = 0.012). Conclusions: By day 90, 45% of IOCA survivors had good functional outcomes. The main outcome predictors were directly related to IOCA occurrence and postcardiac arrest syndrome; they suggest that the intensive care unit management of postcardiac arrest syndrome may be amenable to improvement.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)482-491
    Number of pages10
    JournalAnesthesiology
    Volume121
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

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