Hemodynamic Resuscitation Characteristics Associated with Improved Survival and Shock Resolution After Cardiac Arrest.

Purpose: To determine which strategy of early post-cardiac arrest hemodynamic resuscitation was associated with best clinical outcomes. We hypothesized that higher mean arterial pressure (MAP) achieved using IV fluids over vasopressors would yield better outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of post-cardiac arrest patients between March 2011 and June 2012.

Neurocognitive outcomes following successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest.

Introduction: Cardiac arrest commonly results in varying degrees of cognitive injury. Standard outcome measures used in the cardiac arrest cohort do not rigorously evaluate for these injury patterns. We examined the utility of the Computerized Assessment for Mild Cognitive Injury (CAMCI) in cardiac arrest (CA) survivors.

Validation of the Pittsburgh Cardiac Arrest Category illness severity score.

Background: The purpose of this study was to validate the ability of an early post-cardiac arrest illness severity classification to predict patient outcomes.

Methods: The Pittsburgh Cardiac Arrest Category (PCAC) is a 4-level illness severity score that was found to be strongly predictive of outcomes in the initial derivation study. We assigned PCAC scores to consecutive in and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest subjects treated at two tertiary care centers between January 2011 and September 2013.