Early increase in blood glucose in patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation predicts poor outcome.

Objective: To describe the trend of blood glucose immediately after successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation.

Research Design And Methods: Data from cardiac arrest registry supplemented with blood glucose data were analyzed in this population-based observational study. Between 2005 and 2009, a total of 170 adult patients survived to hospital admission after resuscitation from bystander-witnessed cardiac arrest of cardiac origin and ventricular fibrillation as an initial rhythm.