Predictors of survival and favorable neurological outcome in patients treated with targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis

This study was aimed at a serial evaluation of the prognostic values of initial shockable rhythm, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and gender for neurological outcome and survival in adults treated with targeted temperature management (TTM) following cardiac arrest (CA). PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched for eligible studies. Pooled odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was calculated to evaluate prognostic values using RevMan 5.3. The outcomes were favorable neurological outcome (defined as cerebral performance category of 1 and 2) and survival.
Source: Heart and Lung - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Source Type: research