Lower limb muscle matters in patients with hypoxic brain injury following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are conflicting results regarding the association between body mass index and the prognosis of cardiac arrest patients. We investigated the association of the composition and distribution of muscle and fat with neurologic outcomes at hospital discharge in successfully resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients.

Methods

This prospective, single-centre, observational study involved adult OHCA patients, conducted between April 2019 and June 2021. The ratio of total skeletal muscle, upper limb muscle, lower limb muscle, and total fat to body weight was measured using InBody S10, a bioimpedance analyser, after achieving the return of spontaneous circulation. Restricted cubic spline curves with four knots were used to examine the relationship betw

SUBMITTER: Jang DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030248 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature