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. 2019 May 7;8(9):e012001.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012001.

Door-to-Targeted Temperature Management Initiation Time and Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insights From the Continuous Chest Compressions Trial

Dylan Stanger  1 , Takahisa Kawano  2 , Navraj Malhi  1 , Brian Grunau  3 , John Tallon  3   4 , Graham C Wong  1 , James Christenson  3 , Christopher B Fordyce  1
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Door-to-Targeted Temperature Management Initiation Time and Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insights From the Continuous Chest Compressions Trial

Dylan Stanger et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .

Abstract

Background Targeted temperature management ( TTM ) is a recommended treatment modality to improve neurological outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The impact of the duration from hospital admission to TTM initiation (door-to- TTM ; DTT ) on clinical outcomes has not been well elucidated. We hypothesized that shorter DTT initiation intervals would be associated with improved survival with favorable neurological outcome. Methods and Results We performed a post hoc analysis of nontraumatic paramedic-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The primary outcome was favorable neurological status at hospital discharge, with a secondary outcome of survival to discharge. We fit a logistic regression analysis to determine the association of early compared with delayed DTT , dichotomized by the median DTT duration, and outcomes. Of 3805 patients enrolled in the CCC (Continuous Chest Compressions) Trial in British Columbia, 570 were included in this analysis. There was substantial variation in DTT among patients receiving TTM . The median DTT duration was 122 minutes (interquartile range 35-218). Favorable neurological outcomes in the early and delayed DTT groups were 48% and 38%, respectively. Compared with delayed DTT (interquartile range 167-319 minutes), early DTT (interquartile range 20-81 minutes) was associated with survival (adjusted odds ratio 1.56, 95% CI 1.02-2.38) but not with favorable neurological outcomes (adjusted odds ratio 1.45, 95% CI , 0.94-2.22) at hospital discharge. Conclusions There was wide variability in the initiation of TTM among comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors. Initiation of TTM within 122 minutes of hospital admission was associated with improved survival. These results support in-hospital efforts to achieve early DTT among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients admitted to the hospital.

Keywords: cardiac arrest; cardiac arrhythmia; neurocritical care; neuroprotectant; survival.

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Selection of the study population. *Alive patients—discharged from ED directly, without hospital admission or TTM. CCC indicates continuous chest compression; DNR, Do‐Not‐Resuscitate order; DTT, door‐to‐TTM time; ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical services; HP, hospital; OHCA, out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest; TTM, targeted temperature management; TOR, termination of resuscitation in the field.
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Figure 2
A histogram displaying the variability of DTT in the study population. DTT indicates door‐to‐TTM time; TTM, targeted temperature management.
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