TY - JOUR
T1 - Prediction of poor neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Sandroni, Claudio
AU - D’Arrigo, Sonia
AU - Cacciola, Sofia
AU - Hoedemaekers, Cornelia W.E.
AU - Kamps, Marlijn J.A.
AU - Oddo, Mauro
AU - Taccone, Fabio S.
AU - Di Rocco, Arianna
AU - Meijer, Frederick J.A.
AU - Westhall, Erik
AU - Antonelli, Massimo
AU - Soar, Jasmeet
AU - Nolan, Jerry P.
AU - Cronberg, Tobias
N1 - Funding Information:
Claudio Sandroni is a member of the Editorial Board of Intensive Care Medicine and co-author of studies included in the present review. Massimo Antonelli has received research grants from GE and Estor, and honoraria for board participation from Toray, Pfizer, and Intersurgical. None of these COIs are related to the topic of the present review. Fabio Silvio Taccone is a Scientific Advisor for Neuroptics and Nihon Khoden, and co-author of studies included in the present review. Mauro Oddo is a Scientific Advisor for Neuroptics and co-author of studies included in the present review. Tobias Cronberg, Cornelia WE Hoedemaekers, and Erik Westhall are co-authors of studies included in the present review. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Purpose: To assess the ability of clinical examination, blood biomarkers, electrophysiology, or neuroimaging assessed within 7 days from return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) to predict poor neurological outcome, defined as death, vegetative state, or severe disability (CPC 3–5) at hospital discharge/1 month or later, in comatose adult survivors from cardiac arrest (CA). Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (January 2013–April 2020) were searched. Sensitivity and false-positive rate (FPR) for each predictor were calculated. Due to heterogeneities in recording times, predictor thresholds, and definition of some predictors, meta-analysis was not performed. Results: Ninety-four studies (30,200 patients) were included. Bilaterally absent pupillary or corneal reflexes after day 4 from ROSC, high blood values of neuron-specific enolase from 24 h after ROSC, absent N20 waves of short-latency somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs) or unequivocal seizures on electroencephalogram (EEG) from the day of ROSC, EEG background suppression or burst-suppression from 24 h after ROSC, diffuse cerebral oedema on brain CT from 2 h after ROSC, or reduced diffusion on brain MRI at 2–5 days after ROSC had 0% FPR for poor outcome in most studies. Risk of bias assessed using the QUIPS tool was high for all predictors. Conclusion: In comatose resuscitated patients, clinical, biochemical, neurophysiological, and radiological tests have a potential to predict poor neurological outcome with no false-positive predictions within the first week after CA. Guidelines should consider the methodological concerns and limited sensitivity for individual modalities. (PROSPERO CRD42019141169).
AB - Purpose: To assess the ability of clinical examination, blood biomarkers, electrophysiology, or neuroimaging assessed within 7 days from return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) to predict poor neurological outcome, defined as death, vegetative state, or severe disability (CPC 3–5) at hospital discharge/1 month or later, in comatose adult survivors from cardiac arrest (CA). Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (January 2013–April 2020) were searched. Sensitivity and false-positive rate (FPR) for each predictor were calculated. Due to heterogeneities in recording times, predictor thresholds, and definition of some predictors, meta-analysis was not performed. Results: Ninety-four studies (30,200 patients) were included. Bilaterally absent pupillary or corneal reflexes after day 4 from ROSC, high blood values of neuron-specific enolase from 24 h after ROSC, absent N20 waves of short-latency somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs) or unequivocal seizures on electroencephalogram (EEG) from the day of ROSC, EEG background suppression or burst-suppression from 24 h after ROSC, diffuse cerebral oedema on brain CT from 2 h after ROSC, or reduced diffusion on brain MRI at 2–5 days after ROSC had 0% FPR for poor outcome in most studies. Risk of bias assessed using the QUIPS tool was high for all predictors. Conclusion: In comatose resuscitated patients, clinical, biochemical, neurophysiological, and radiological tests have a potential to predict poor neurological outcome with no false-positive predictions within the first week after CA. Guidelines should consider the methodological concerns and limited sensitivity for individual modalities. (PROSPERO CRD42019141169).
KW - Cardiac arrest
KW - Clinical examination
KW - Coma
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Neuron-specific enolase
KW - Prognosis
KW - Somatosensory-evoked potentials
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U2 - 10.1007/s00134-020-06198-w
DO - 10.1007/s00134-020-06198-w
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32915254
AN - SCOPUS:85090227369
VL - 46
SP - 1803
EP - 1851
JO - Intensive Care Medicine
JF - Intensive Care Medicine
SN - 0342-4642
IS - 10
ER -