Recovery among post-arrest patients with mild-to-moderate cerebral edema.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cerebral edema after cardiac arrest may be a modifiable cause of secondary brain injury. We aimed to identify processes of care associated with recovery in a cohort of patients with mild to moderate edema.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adults resuscitated from out-of-hospital arrest (OHCA) at a single center from 2010 to 2018. We included those with cerebral edema ranging from mild to moderate (gray to white matter attenuation ratio (GWR) 1.2 to 1.3 on initial brain computerized tomography (CT). We used Pittsburgh Cardiac Arrest Category (PCAC) to adjust for illness severity and considered the following values in the first 24 h of admission as additional predictors: GWR, lab values affecting serum osmolality (sodium, glucose, blood urea nitr

SUBMITTER: Fuller ZL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature