Outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after fibrinolysis with reteplase in comparison to the return of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest score in a geographic region without emergency coronary intervention

Luiz,Thomas; Wilhelms,Alexander; Madler,Christian; Pollach,Gregor; Haaff,Bernd; Grüttner,Joachim; Viergutz,Tim

doi:10.3892/etm.2017.4155

Outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after fibrinolysis with reteplase in comparison to the return of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest score in a geographic region without emergency coronary intervention

Authors:
- Thomas Luiz
- Alexander Wilhelms
- Christian Madler
- Gregor Pollach
- Bernd Haaff
- Joachim Grüttner
- Tim Viergutz
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Affiliations: Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Westpfalz Hospital GmbH, D‑67655 Kaiserslautern, Rhineland‑Palatinate, Germany, Outpatient Department, Clinic for Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Angiology and Intensive Care, Westpfalz Hospital GmbH, D‑67655 Kaiserslautern, Rhineland‑Palatinate, Germany, Emergency Department, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, D‑68167 Mannheim, Baden‑Wuerttemberg, Germany, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, D‑68167 Mannheim, Baden‑Wuerttemberg, Germany
Published online on: February 22, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4155
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Abstract

Coronary occlusion and pulmonary embolism are responsible for the majority of cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Despite previous favourable results of pre‑hospital fibrinolysis in cases of OHCA, the benefit could not be confirmed in a large controlled study using the fibrinolytic tenecteplase. For reteplase (r‑PA), there are hardly any data regarding pre‑hospital fibrinolysis during ongoing resuscitation. The present study reported results using r‑PA therapy in a German physician‑supported Emergency Medical Services system. The data of OHCA patients who received pre‑hospital fibrinolytic treatment with r‑PA after an individual risk/benefit assessment were retrospectively analysed. To assess the effectiveness of this approach, the rate of patients with a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) was compared with the corresponding figure that was calculated with the help of the RACA (ROSC after cardiac arrest) score. The RACA algorithm predicts the probability of ROSC based on data from the German Resuscitation Registry. Further outcome data comprised hospital discharge rate and neurologic status at discharge. From 2001 to 2009, 43 patients (mean age, 58.5 years; 65.1% male; 58.1% ventricular fibrillation) received r‑PA. Of these, 20 patients (46.5%) achieved ROSC, compared to a probability of 49.8% according to the RACA score (P=0.58). A total of 8 patients (18.6%) were discharged alive, including 5 (11.2%) with a good neurological outcome. For the analysed small patient collective, pre-hospital r‑PA did not offer any benefits with regard to the ROSC rate. Further analyses of larger patient numbers on a nationwide registry basis are recommended.

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