Frequency, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of pneumonia in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to describe the frequency, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of pneumonia in OHCA patients treated with ECPR in a multicenter setting.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of the SAVE-J II study, which was a multicenter, retrospective cohort of OHCA patients treated with ECPR. Age, sex, comorbidities, presence of witnessed CA, presence of bystander CPR, initial rhythm, cause of CA, low-flow time, initiation of targeted temperature management, details of sputum culture, pneumonia, and prophylactic antibiotic use were recorded. Pneumonia was diagnosed when the patients met all the clinical, radiologic, and microbiologic criteria acquired after hospitalization.

Results

In total, 1,986 patients were included in the analysis, and 947 (48%) died du

SUBMITTER: Iida E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10519840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature