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Observational Study
. 2016 Sep:106:76-82.
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.06.018. Epub 2016 Jun 24.

Physiologic monitoring of CPR quality during adult cardiac arrest: A propensity-matched cohort study

Robert M Sutton  1 , Benjamin French  2 , Peter A Meaney  3 , Alexis A Topjian  3 , Christopher S Parshuram  4 , Dana P Edelson  5 , Stephen Schexnayder  6 , Benjamin S Abella  7 , Raina M Merchant  7 , Melania Bembea  8 , Robert A Berg  3 , Vinay M Nadkarni  3 ; American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation Investigators
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Observational Study

Physiologic monitoring of CPR quality during adult cardiac arrest: A propensity-matched cohort study

Robert M Sutton et al. Resuscitation. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Aim: The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends monitoring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality using end tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) or invasive hemodynamic data. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between clinician-reported physiologic monitoring of CPR quality and patient outcomes.

Methods: Prospective observational study of index adult in-hospital CPR events using the AHA's Get With The Guidelines - Resuscitation Registry. Physiologic monitoring was defined using specific database questions regarding use of either ETCO2 or arterial diastolic blood pressure (DBP) to monitor CPR quality. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between physiologic monitoring and outcomes in a propensity score matched cohort.

Results: In the matched cohort, (monitored n=3032; not monitored n=6064), physiologic monitoring of CPR quality was associated with a higher rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC; OR 1.22, CI95 1.04-1.43, p=0.017) compared to no monitoring. Survival to hospital discharge (OR 1.04, CI95 0.91-1.18, p=0.57) and survival with favorable neurological outcome (OR 0.97, CI95 0.75-1.26, p=0.83) were not different between groups. Of index events with only ETCO2 monitoring indicated (n=803), an ETCO2 >10mmHg during CPR was reported in 520 (65%), and associated with improved survival to hospital discharge (OR 2.41, CI95 1.35-4.30, p=0.003), and survival with favorable neurological outcome (OR 2.31, CI95 1.31-4.09, p=0.004) compared to ETCO2 ≤10mmHg.

Conclusion: Clinician-reported use of either ETCO2 or DBP to monitor CPR quality was associated with improved ROSC. An ETCO2 >10mmHg during CPR was associated with a higher rate of survival compared to events with ETCO2 ≤10mmHg.

Keywords: Blood pressure; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Heart arrest.

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Consort-like diagram. *The primary predictor variables were taken from questions added to the data collection form in 2007. †All data for pre-existing medical conditions and cause of arrest were missing which prohibited adjustment for missing in the propensity model as we did with variables with sporadic missingness.
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Get with the Guidelines® – Resuscitation Patient Management Tool (PMT), Section 7.1 CPR Quality Tab. Arterial line response is optional for the adult database.
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