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. 2020 Sep:154:93-100.
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

The impact of increased chest compression fraction on survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with a non-shockable initial rhythm

Christian Vaillancourt  1 , Ashley Petersen  2 , Eric N Meier  3 , Jim Christenson  4 , James J Menegazzi  5 , Tom P Aufderheide  6 , Graham Nichol  7 , Robert Berg  8 , Clifton W Callaway  5 , Ahamed H Idris  9 , Daniel Davis  10 , Raymond Fowler  9 , Debra Egan  11 , Douglas Andrusiek  12 , Jason E Buick  13 , T J Bishop  14 , M Riccardo Colella  15 , Ritu Sahni  16 , Ian G Stiell  17 , Sheldon Cheskes  18 ; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators.
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The impact of increased chest compression fraction on survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with a non-shockable initial rhythm

Christian Vaillancourt et al. Resuscitation. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Objective: We evaluated the effect of chest compression fraction (CCF) on survival to hospital discharge and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients with non-shockable rhythms.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis (completed in 2016) of a prospective cohort study which included OHCA patients from ten U.S. and Canadian sites (Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Epistry and PRIMED study (2007-2011)). We included all OHCA victims of presumed cardiac aetiology, not witnessed by emergency medical services (EMS), without automated external defibrillator shock prior to EMS arrival, receiving > 1 min of CPR with CPR process measures available, and initial non-shockable rhythm. We measured CCF using the first 5 min of electronic CPR records.

Results: Demographics of 12,928 adult patients were: mean age 68; male 59.9%; public location 8.5%; bystander witnessed 35.2%; bystander CPR 39.3%; median interval from 911 to defibrillator turned on 10 min:04 s; initial rhythm asystole 64.8%, PEA 26.0%, other non-shockable 9.2%; compression rate 80-120/min (69.1%); median CCF 74%; ROSC 25.6%; survival to hospital discharge 2.4%. Adjusted odds ratio (OR); 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of survival for each CCF category were: 0-40% (2.00; 1.16, 3.32); 41-60% (0.83; 0.54, 1.24); 61-80% (1.02; 0.77, 1.35); and 81-100% (reference group). Adjusted (OR; 95%CI) of ROSC for each CCF category were: 0-40% (1.02; 0.79, 1.30); 41-60% (0.83; 0.72, 0.95); 61-80% (0.85; 0.77, 0.94); and 81-100% (reference group).

Conclusions: We observed an incremental benefit from higher CCF on the incidence of ROSC, but not survival, among non-shockable OHCA patients with CCF higher than 40%.

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Heart arrest; Resuscitation.

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Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Dr. Cheskes has received investigator-initiated grant funding support and funding for educational speaking on CPR quality from Zoll Medical.

Dr. Nichol discloses salary support from University of Washington through Leonard A. Cobb Medic One Foundation Endowed Chair in Prehospital Emergency Care; Research support from ZOLL Medical Corp, Chelmsford, MA; Consultant to GE Healthcare Inc., Chicago, IL; Kestra Medical Technologies, Kirkland, WA; QOOL Therapeutics, Menlo Park, CA; and ZOLL Circulation Inc., San Jose, CA.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Study Cohort and Exclusions.
OHCA indicates out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; EMS, emergency medical services; AED, automated external defibrillator; VF/VT, ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; and CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Percent Survival to Hospital Discharge and Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) by Category of Chest Compression Fraction (CCF) with 95% Confidence Intervals.
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