Advances in Therapy,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
40(5), P. 2097 - 2115
Published: March 25, 2023
Cardiac
arrest
(CA)
is
a
critical
public
health
issue
affecting
more
than
half
million
Americans
annually.
The
main
determinant
of
outcome
post-CA
hypoxic–ischemic
brain
injury
(HIBI),
and
temperature
control
currently
the
only
evidence-based,
guideline-recommended
intervention
targeting
secondary
injury.
Temperature
key
component
care
bundle;
however,
conflicting
evidence
challenges
its
wide
implementation
across
vastly
heterogeneous
population
CA
survivors.
Here,
we
critically
appraise
available
literature
on
in
HIBI,
detail
how
has
been
integrated
into
clinical
practice,
highlight
complications
associated
with
use
timing
neuroprognostication
after
CA.
Future
trials
evaluating
different
targets,
rates
rewarming,
duration
cooling,
identifying
which
patient
phenotype
benefits
from
methods
are
needed
to
address
these
prevailing
knowledge
gaps.
Circulation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
149(5)
Published: Dec. 18, 2023
Cardiac
arrest
is
common
and
deadly,
affecting
up
to
700
000
people
in
the
United
States
annually.
Advanced
cardiac
life
support
measures
are
commonly
used
improve
outcomes.
This
"2023
American
Heart
Association
Focused
Update
on
Adult
Cardiovascular
Life
Support"
summarizes
most
recent
published
evidence
for
recommendations
use
of
medications,
temperature
management,
percutaneous
coronary
angiography,
extracorporeal
cardiopulmonary
resuscitation,
seizure
management
this
population.
We
discuss
lack
data
literature
that
limits
our
ability
evaluate
diversity,
equity,
inclusion
Last,
we
consider
how
population
may
make
an
important
pool
organ
donors
those
awaiting
transplantation.
Circulation,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
146(18), P. 1357 - 1366
Published: Oct. 19, 2022
Background:
This
study
was
conducted
to
determine
the
effect
of
hypothermic
temperature
control
after
in-hospital
cardiac
arrest
(IHCA)
on
mortality
and
functional
outcome
as
compared
with
normothermia.
Methods:
An
investigator
initiated,
open-label,
blinded-outcome-assessor,
multicenter,
randomized
controlled
trial
comparing
(32-34°C)
for
24
h
normothermia
IHCA
in
11
hospitals
Germany.
The
primary
endpoint
all-cause
180
days.
Secondary
end
points
included
favorable
using
Cerebral
Performance
Category
scale
A
score
1
or
2
defined
a
outcome.
Results:
total
1055
patients
were
screened
eligibility
249
randomized:
126
assigned
123
mean
age
cohort
72.6±10.4
years,
64%
(152
236)
male,
73%
(166
227)
arrests
witnessed,
25%
(57
231)
had
an
initial
shockable
rhythm,
time
return
spontaneous
circulation
16.4±10.5
minutes.
Target
reached
within
4.2±2.8
hours
randomization
group
48
at
37.0°±0.9°C
group.
Mortality
by
day
72.5%
(87
120)
arm,
71.2%
(84
118)
(relative
risk,
1.03
[95%
CI,
0.79–1.40];
P
=0.822).
In-hospital
62.5%
(75
57.6%
(68
1.11
0.86–1.46,
=0.443).
Favorable
(Cerebral
2)
22.5%
(27
control,
23.7%
(28
1.04
0.78–1.44];
prematurely
terminated
because
futility.
Conclusions:
Hypothermic
did
not
improve
survival
nor
presenting
coma
IHCA.
HACA
(Hypothermia
After
Cardiac
Arrest
in-hospital)
underpowered
may
have
failed
detect
clinically
important
differences
between
Registration:
URL:
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov
;
Unique
Identifier:
NCT00457431.
Resuscitation,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
172, P. 229 - 236
Published: Feb. 4, 2022
The
aim
of
these
guidelines
is
to
provide
evidence‑based
guidance
for
temperature
control
in
adults
who
are
comatose
after
resuscitation
from
either
in-hospital
or
out-of-hospital
cardiac
arrest,
regardless
the
underlying
rhythm.
These
replace
recommendations
on
management
arrest
included
2021
post-resuscitation
care
co-issued
by
European
Resuscitation
Council
(ERC)
and
Society
Intensive
Care
Medicine
(ESICM).The
guideline
panel
thirteen
international
clinical
experts
authored
ERC-ESICM
two
methodologists
participated
evidence
review
completed
behalf
International
Liaison
Committee
(ILCOR)
whom
ERC
a
member
society.
We
followed
Grading
Recommendations
Assessment,
Development,
Evaluation
(GRADE)
approach
assess
certainty
grade
recommendations.
provided
suggestions
implementation
identified
priorities
future
research.The
ranged
moderate
low.
In
patients
remain
we
recommend
continuous
monitoring
core
actively
preventing
fever
(defined
as
>
37.7
°C)
at
least
72
hours.
There
was
insufficient
against
32–36
°C
early
cooling
arrest.
not
rewarming
with
mild
hypothermia
return
spontaneous
circulation
(ROSC)
achieve
normothermia.
using
prehospital
rapid
infusion
large
volumes
cold
intravenous
fluids
immediately
ROSC.
Circulation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
150(7)
Published: June 27, 2024
This
scientific
statement
presents
a
conceptual
framework
for
the
pathophysiology
of
post–cardiac
arrest
brain
injury,
explores
reasons
previous
failure
to
translate
preclinical
data
clinical
practice,
and
outlines
potential
paths
forward.
Post–cardiac
injury
is
characterized
by
4
distinct
but
overlapping
phases:
ischemic
depolarization,
reperfusion
repolarization,
dysregulation,
recovery
repair.
Previous
research
has
been
challenging
because
limitations
laboratory
models;
heterogeneity
in
patient
populations
enrolled;
overoptimistic
estimation
treatment
effects
leading
suboptimal
sample
sizes;
timing
route
intervention
delivery;
limited
or
absent
evidence
that
engaged
mechanistic
target;
postresuscitation
care,
prognostication,
withdrawal
life-sustaining
treatments.
Future
trials
must
tailor
their
interventions
subset
patients
most
likely
benefit
deliver
this
at
appropriate
time,
through
route,
dose.
The
complexity
suggests
monotherapies
are
unlikely
be
as
successful
multimodal
neuroprotective
therapies.
Biomarkers
should
developed
identify
with
targeted
mechanism
quantify
its
severity,
measure
response
therapy.
Studies
need
adequately
powered
detect
effect
sizes
realistic
meaningful
patients,
families,
clinicians.
Study
designs
optimized
accelerate
evaluation
promising
interventions.
Multidisciplinary
international
collaboration
will
essential
realize
goal
developing
effective
therapies
injury.
Resuscitation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
191, P. 109928 - 109928
Published: Aug. 7, 2023
To
perform
an
updated
systematic
review
and
meta-analysis
on
temperature
control
in
adult
patients
with
cardiac
arrest.The
is
update
of
a
previous
published
2021.
An
search
including
PubMed,
Embase,
the
Cochrane
Central
Register
Controlled
Trials
was
performed
May
31,
2023.
trials
humans
were
included.
The
population
included
arrest.
all
aspects
timing,
temperature,
duration,
method
induction
maintenance,
rewarming.
Two
investigators
reviewed
for
relevance,
extracted
data,
assessed
risk
bias.
Data
pooled
using
random-effects
models.
Certainty
evidence
evaluated
GRADE.The
identified
six
new
trials.
Risk
bias
as
intermediate
most
outcomes.
For
target
32-34
°C
vs.
normothermia
or
36
°C,
two
identified,
seven
meta-analysis.
Temperature
did
not
result
improvement
survival
(risk
ratio:
1.06
[95%CI:
0.91,
1.23])
favorable
neurological
outcome
1.27
0.89,
1.81])
at
90-180
days
after
arrest
(low
certainty
evidence).
Subgroup
analysis
according
to
location
(in-hospital
out-of-hospital)
found
similar
results.
A
sensitivity
nine
comparing
any
time
point
also
show
outcomes
1.14
[95%CI
0.98,
1.34]).
New
individual
31-34
12-24
hours
hours,
rewarming
rate
0.25-0.5
°C/hour,
effect
fever
prevention
no
differences
outcomes.This
showed
benefit
compared
although
95%
confidence
intervals
cannot
rule
out
potential
beneficial
effect.
Important
knowledge
gaps
exist
topics
such
hypothermic
targets,
rate,
control.
Critical Care,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
26(1)
Published: Nov. 24, 2022
Abstract
Most
of
the
patients
who
die
after
cardiac
arrest
do
so
because
hypoxic-ischemic
brain
injury
(HIBI).
Experimental
evidence
shows
that
temperature
control
targeted
at
hypothermia
mitigates
HIBI.
In
2002,
one
randomized
trial
and
quasi-randomized
showed
32–34
°C
improved
neurological
outcome
mortality
in
are
comatose
arrest.
However,
following
publication
these
trials,
other
studies
have
questioned
neuroprotective
effects
hypothermia.
2021,
largest
study
conducted
far
on
(the
TTM-2
trial)
including
1900
adults
resuscitation
no
effect
33
compared
with
normothermia
or
fever
control.
A
systematic
review
32
trials
published
between
2001
2021
concluded
a
target
prevention
did
not
result
an
improvement
survival
(RR
1.08;
95%
CI
0.89–1.30)
favorable
functional
1.21;
0.91–1.61)
90–180
days
resuscitation.
There
was
substantial
heterogeneity
across
certainty
low.
Based
results,
International
Liaison
Committee
Resuscitation
currently
recommends
monitoring
core
actively
preventing
(37.7
°C)
for
least
72
h
from
Future
needed
to
identify
potential
patient
subgroups
may
benefit
aimed
comparing