Practice guideline summary: Reducing brain injury following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Romergryko G. Geocadin, Eelco Wijdicks, Melissa J. Armstrong, Maxwell Damian, Stephan A. Mayer, Joseph P. Ornato, Alejandro Rabinstein, José I. Suarez, Michel T. Torbey, Richard M. Dubinsky, Jason Lazarou

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the evidence and make evidence-based recommendations for acute interventions to reduce brain injury in adult patients who are comatose after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Methods: Published literature from 1966 to August 29, 2016, was reviewed with evidencebased classification of relevant articles. Results and recommendations: For patients who are comatose in whom the initial cardiac rhythm is either pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), therapeutic hypothermia (TH; 32-348C for 24 hours) is highly likely to be effective in improving functional neurologic outcome and survival compared with non-TH and should be offered (Level A). For patients who are comatose in whom the initial cardiac rhythm is either VT/VF or asystole/pulseless electrical activity (PEA) after OHCA, targeted temperature management (368C for 24 hours, followed by 8 hours of rewarming to 378C, and temperature maintenance below 37.58C until 72 hours) is likely as effective as TH and is an acceptable alternative (Level B). For patients who are comatose with an initial rhythm of PEA/asystole, TH possibly improves survival and functional neurologic outcome at discharge vs standard care and may be offered (Level C). Prehospital cooling as an adjunct to TH is highly likely to be ineffective in further improving neurologic outcome and survival and should not be offered (Level A). Other pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies (applied with or without concomitant TH) are also reviewed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2141-2149
Number of pages9
JournalNeurology
Volume88
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - May 30 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology

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