Use of the HOPE score to assess survival outcome of hypothermic cardiac arrest selected by ECLS rewarming.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We studied adult hypothermic cardiac arrest (CA) patients admitted to a University Hospital (UH) and a Regional Hospital (RH) for whom Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) was implemented. We used the HOPE score to estimate individual survival probabilities and to compare overall results between hospitals.

Methods

We included hypothermic CA patients who underwent ECLS between 2000 and 2022. We assessed the predicted survival probabilities by calculating the HOPE scores, both at individual and hospital levels. We assessed the performance of a HOPE score cutoff of 10% in predicting survival to hospital discharge, as ECLS rewarming is currently recommended when the HOPE is ≥ 10%. We also assessed the utility of the HOPE score in evaluating and comparing patient managem

SUBMITTER: Hall N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12305985 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature