ArticleResuscitation2023
Diagnostic yield of computed tomography after non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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- Incidence and risk factors for cardiac arrest following upper cervical spine fractures in the elderly after minor trauma.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- Effect of Cardiac Arrest Center Protocol Implementation on Survival After Nontraumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Temporalis muscle thickness correlates with premorbid frailty in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest.Resuscitation · 2025Article
- Balloon occlusion of the aorta during cardiac arrest -a death blow to the intestines?Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Time-dependent association of grey-white ratio on early brain CT predicting outcomes after cardiac arrest at hospital discharge.Resuscitation · 2025Article
- Management of Patients With Cardiac Arrest Requiring Interfacility Transport: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
- Seeking a Treatable Cause of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during and after Resuscitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Brain computed tomography after resuscitation from in-hospital cardiac arrest.Resuscitation · 2024Article
- Neurological diseases in intensive care.Intensive care medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimDetermine the frequency with which computed tomography (CT) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) identifies clinically important findings.
methodsWe included non-traumatic OHCA patients treated at a single center from February 2019 to February 2021. Clinical practice was to obtain CT head in comatose patients. Additionally, CT of the cervical spine, chest, abdomen, and pelvis were obtained if clinically indicated. We identified CT imaging obtained within 24 hours of emergency department (ED) arrival and summarized radiology findings. We used descriptive statistics to summarize population characteristics and imaging results, report their frequencies and, post hoc, compared time from ED arrival to catheterization between patients who did and did not undergo CT.
resultsWe included 597 subjects, of which 491 (82.2%) had a CT obtained. Time to CT was 4.1 hours [2.8-5.7]. Most (n = 480, 80.4%) underwent CT head, of which 36 (7.5%) had intracranial hemorrhage and 161 (33.5%) had cerebral edema. Fewer subjects (230, 38.5%) underwent a cervical spine CT, and 4 (1.7%) had acute vertebral fractures. Most subjects (410, 68.7%) underwent a chest CT, and abdomen and pelvis CT (363, 60.8%). Chest CT abnormalities included rib or sternal fractures (227, 55.4%), pneumothorax (27, 6.6%), aspiration or pneumonia (309, 75.4%), mediastinal hematoma (18, 4.4%) and pulmonary embolism (6, 3.7%). Significant abdomen and pelvis findings were bowel ischemia (24, 6.6%) and solid organ laceration (7, 1.9%). Most subjects that had CT imaging deferred were awake and had shorter time to catheterization.
conclusionsCT identifies clinically important pathology after OHCA.
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