ArticleIntensive care medicine2020
Unexpected cardiac arrests occurring inside the ICU: outcomes of a French prospective multicenter study.
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Prospective Multi-centre Observational Study on the Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Consequences of Unexpected Cardiac Arrest in Intensive Care Units.
Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcome Among Patient With COVID-19 Pneumonia in French ICUs
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for preventing clotting of extracorporeal circuits during continuous renal replacement therapy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Location of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: An Updated Analysis of Epidemiology, Emergency Response, and Outcomes.Critical care medicine · 2026Observational
- Do-not-attempt-cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions in critical care: The gap between theory and practice.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Article
- The association between the lactate to albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in cardiac arrest patients: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Early prediction cardiac arrest in intensive care units: the value of laboratory indicator trends.World journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Intensive care unit cardiac arrest among very elderly critically ill patients - is cardiopulmonary resuscitation justified?Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Correlation between Lactate Dehydrogenase to Albumin Ratio and the Prognosis of Patients with Cardiac Arrest.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Trends in Return of Spontaneous Circulation and Survival to Hospital Discharge for In-Intensive Care Unit Cardiac Arrests.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Observational
- Critical illness-related cardiac arrest: Protocol for an investigation of the incidence and outcome of cardiac arrest within intensive care units in the United Kingdom.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2022Article
- Changes in the incidence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before and after implementation of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Act.Acute and critical care · 2022Article
- Clinical Characteristics, Complications and Outcomes of Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Related to COVID-19 or Influenza Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome after unexpected cardiac arrest among critically ill adults with COVID-19: insight from the multicenter prospective ACICOVID-19 registry.Annals of intensive care · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor in regard to the "Effects of COVID-19 on in-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, causes, and outcome" by Roedl et al."Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Cardiac Arrest Survival Postresuscitation In-Hospital (CASPRI) Score Predicts Neurological Favorable Survival in Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Characteristics and Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit Cardiac Arrest in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19-A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Effects of COVID-19 on in-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, causes, and outcome - a retrospective cohort study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeCardiac arrest may occur unexpectedly in intensive care units (ICU). We hypothesize that certain patient characteristics and treatments are associated with survival and long-term functional outcome following in-ICU cardiac arrest.
methodsOver a 12-month period, cardiac arrests with resuscitation attempts were prospectively investigated in 45 French ICUs. Survivors were followed for 6 months.
resultsIn total, 677 (2.16%) of 31,399 admitted patients had at least one in-ICU cardiac arrest with resuscitation attempt, 42% of which occurred on the day of admission. In 79% cases, one or more condition(s) likely to promote the occurrence of cardiac arrest was/were identified, including hypoxia (179 patients), metabolic disorders (122), hypovolemia (94), and adverse events linked to the life-sustaining devices in place (98). Return of spontaneous circulation was achieved in 478 patients, of whom 163 were discharged alive from ICU and 146 from hospital. Six-month survival with no or moderate functional sequel (118 of 125 patients alive) correlated with a number of organ failures ≤ 2 when cardiac arrest occurred (OR 4.17 [1.92-9.09]), resuscitation time ≤ 5 min (3.32 [2.01-5.47]), shockable rhythm cardiac arrests (2.13 [1.26-3.45]) or related to the life-sustaining devices in place (2.11 [1.22-3.65]), absence of preexisting disability (1.98 [1.09-3.60]) or disease deemed fatal within 5 years (1.70 [1.05-2.77]), and sedation (1.71 [1.06-2.75]).
conclusionOnly one in six patients with in-ICU cardiac arrest and resuscitation attempt was alive at 6 months with good functional status. Certain characteristics specific to cardiac arrests, resuscitation maneuvers, and the pathological context in which they happen may help clarify prognosis and inform relatives.
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