Lymphopaenia in cardiac arrest patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A decrease in circulating lymphocytes has been described as a marker of poor prognosis after septic shock; however, scarce data are available after cardiac arrest (CA). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of lymphopaenia after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Methods

This is a retrospective analysis of an institutional database including all adult CA patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) between January 2007 and December 2014 who survived for at least 24 h. Demographic, CA-related data and ICU mortality were recorded as was lymphocyte count on admission and for the first 48 h. A cerebral performance category score of 3-5 at 3 months was considered as an unfavourable neurological outcome.

Results

Data from 377 patients were

SUBMITTER: Villois P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555958 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature