TY - JOUR
T1 - Severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and presenting rhythm in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
AU - Granfeldt, Asger
AU - Wissenberg, Mads
AU - Hansen, Steen Møller
AU - Lippert, Freddy K
AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian
AU - Skaarup, Søren Helbo
AU - Andersen, Lars W
AU - Christensen, Erika Frischknecht
AU - Christiansen, Christian Fynbo
N1 - Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a non-shockable rhythm as presenting rhythm in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Whether the severity of the underlying disease is related to presenting rhythm is unknown. We hypothesized that increased severity of COPD in OHCA patients is associated with an increased prevalence of non-shockable rhythm.METHODS: This study included OHCA patients ≥40 years from the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry (2001-2014). Population-based registries were used to identify chronic diseases and drug prescriptions. COPD was defined as a COPD diagnosis or pharmacological therapy for COPD. The severity of COPD was based on either 1) pharmacological therapy (mild/moderate/severe), 2) admission for exacerbation, 3) prescription for corticosteroids, or 4) forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). For each of these, a multivariable logistic regression model was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) for a non-shockable rhythm.RESULTS: Of 33,228 patients with OHCA 7789 (23.4%) had COPD. Of these 6702 (86.0%) had a non-shockable rhythm. Compared to patients without COPD, mild COPD was associated with a non-shockable rhythm (OR = 1.46, 95%CI 1.29-1.65). This association was more pronounced for moderate (OR = 1.78, 95%CI 1.45-2.19) and severe COPD (OR = 2.01 95%CI 1.82-2.20). Recent admission for exacerbation (OR = 2.12, OR 95%CI 1.81-2.49) or prescription for corticosteroids (OR = 1.82, 95%CI 1.55-2.14) was also associated with a non-shockable rhythm. FEV1 ≤ 50% was associated with a non-shockable rhythm compared to FEV1 > 50% (OR = 1.74, 95%CI 1.07-2.82, n = 1122).CONCLUSION: Incremental severity of COPD is associated with increasing prevalence of a non-shockable rhythm as presenting rhythm in OHCA patients.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a non-shockable rhythm as presenting rhythm in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Whether the severity of the underlying disease is related to presenting rhythm is unknown. We hypothesized that increased severity of COPD in OHCA patients is associated with an increased prevalence of non-shockable rhythm.METHODS: This study included OHCA patients ≥40 years from the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry (2001-2014). Population-based registries were used to identify chronic diseases and drug prescriptions. COPD was defined as a COPD diagnosis or pharmacological therapy for COPD. The severity of COPD was based on either 1) pharmacological therapy (mild/moderate/severe), 2) admission for exacerbation, 3) prescription for corticosteroids, or 4) forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). For each of these, a multivariable logistic regression model was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) for a non-shockable rhythm.RESULTS: Of 33,228 patients with OHCA 7789 (23.4%) had COPD. Of these 6702 (86.0%) had a non-shockable rhythm. Compared to patients without COPD, mild COPD was associated with a non-shockable rhythm (OR = 1.46, 95%CI 1.29-1.65). This association was more pronounced for moderate (OR = 1.78, 95%CI 1.45-2.19) and severe COPD (OR = 2.01 95%CI 1.82-2.20). Recent admission for exacerbation (OR = 2.12, OR 95%CI 1.81-2.49) or prescription for corticosteroids (OR = 1.82, 95%CI 1.55-2.14) was also associated with a non-shockable rhythm. FEV1 ≤ 50% was associated with a non-shockable rhythm compared to FEV1 > 50% (OR = 1.74, 95%CI 1.07-2.82, n = 1122).CONCLUSION: Incremental severity of COPD is associated with increasing prevalence of a non-shockable rhythm as presenting rhythm in OHCA patients.
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/statistics & numerical data
KW - Denmark/epidemiology
KW - Electric Countershock/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest/etiology
KW - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/classification
KW - Registries
KW - Severity of Illness Index
U2 - 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.03.006
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29518438
SN - 0300-9572
VL - 126
SP - 111
EP - 117
JO - Resuscitation
JF - Resuscitation
ER -