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. 2025 Jan 28:22:100881.
doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100881. eCollection 2025 Mar.

Renal function and clinical outcomes in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Hao-Wei Lee  1   2   3 , Ming-Jen Kuo  1   3   4 , Pai-Feng Hsu  1   3   5 , I-Hsin Lee  6 , Chih-Yu Yang  3   7   8 , Teh-Fu Hsu  3   6 , Chorng-Kuang How  3   6 , Yenn-Jiang Lin  1   3   9 , Chin-Chou Huang  1   3   10
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Renal function and clinical outcomes in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Hao-Wei Lee et al. Resusc Plus. .

Abstract

Background: Comprehensive studies about renal-function changes in the context of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have been lacking. Therefore, we investigated the impact of renal function on clinical outcomes among patients with OHCA.

Method: This retrospective cohort study enrolled consecutive patients with OHCA between June 2017 and December 2021. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was defined based on the "Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)" guidelines. AKI recovery was defined as a decrease in serum creatinine below the level determined in the definition of AKI. Clinical outcomes included neurological outcomes and all-cause mortality.

Result: A total of 258 patients were enrolled, including 35 patients with underlying end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Among patients without ESRD, 82.5% developed AKI, of which 31.0% achieved AKI recovery, while 61.0% were discharged with impaired renal function. Multivariable analysis using regression models revealed that unfavorable neurological outcomes at discharge and higher mortality at 2 years were associated with AKI (odds ratio [OR] 7.684, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.683-22.010, P < 0.001; hazard ratio [HR] 2.159, 95% CI 1.272-3.664, P = 0.004), AKI without recovery (OR 5.275, 95% CI 2.049-13.583, P < 0.001; HR 5.470, 95% CI 3.304-9.862, P < 0.001), and impaired pre-discharge renal function (OR 3.164, 95% CI 1.442-6.940, P = 0.004; HR 2.876, 95% CI 1.861-4.443, P < 0.001). Compared to those without ESRD, patients with underlying ESRD had similar neurological outcomes and mortality.

Conclusion: AKI, AKI without recovery, and impaired pre-discharge renal function were significantly correlated with worse clinical outcomes in OHCA among patients without ESRD, while underlying ESRD did not lead to worse clinical outcomes.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; End-stage renal disease; Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; Renal function.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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