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Effects of epinephrine administration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest based on a propensity analysis
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| Title: | Effects of epinephrine administration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest based on a propensity analysis |
| Authors: | Hayakawa, Mineji Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Gando, Satoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Mizuno, Hirotoshi Browse this author | | Asai, Yasufumi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Shichinohe, Yasuo Browse this author | | Takahashi, Isao Browse this author | | Makise, Hiroshi Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Cardiac arrest | | Epinephrine | | Prehospital | | Propensity analysis | | Utstein |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2013 |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Intensive Care |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page: | 12 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1186/2052-0492-1-12 |
| Abstract: | Background: Epinephrine administration has been advocated for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for decades. Despite the fact that epinephrine administration during CPR is internationally accepted, the effects of the prehospital epinephrine administration still remain controversial. We investigated the effects of epinephrine administration on patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest based on a propensity analysis with regard to the ‘CPR time’. Methods: From April 1, 2007, to December 31, 2009, 633 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with bystander witnesses were included in the present study. To rule out any survival bias, we used the propensity scores, which included CPR time. CPR time was defined as the time span from when the emergency medical technicians started CPR until either the return of spontaneous circulation or arrival at the hospital. After performing propensity score matching, the epinephrine and no-drug groups each included 141 patients. The primary study endpoint was a favorable neurological outcome at 30 days after cardiac arrest. Results: After propensity score matching, the frequency of the return of spontaneous circulation before arrival at the hospital in the matched epinephrine group was higher than that in the matched no-drug group (27% vs. 13%, P = 0.002). However, the frequency of a favorable neurological state did not differ between the two groups. With regard to the frequency of a favorable neurological state in the patients, the adjusted odds ratio of the time span from cardiac arrest to the first epinephrine administration was 0.917 (95% confidence interval 0.850–0.988, P = 0.023) per minute. Conclusions: In patients with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, prehospital epinephrine administration was associated with increase of the return of spontaneous circulation before arrival at the hospital. Moreover, the early administration of epinephrine might improve the overall neurological outcome. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/58485 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北海道大学病院 (Hokkaido University Hospital) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 早川 峰司
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