Outcomes of patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units following a cardiac arrest. Heaney, J., Paul, E., Pilcher, D., Lin, C., Udy, A., & Young, P. J. Critical Care and Resuscitation: Journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 22(3):237–244, September, 2020.
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics and outcomes of adults with a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units (ICUs) with a cardiac arrest in the preceding 24 hours. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Study data from 144 Australian and New Zealand ICUs were obtained from the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation Adult Patient Database. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 439 of 11 047 (3.9%) patients admitted to an ICU with a SAH had a documented cardiac arrest in the 24 hours preceding their ICU admission. The mean age of patients with SAH and a preceding cardiac arrest was 55.3 years (SD, 13.7) and 251 of 439 (57.2%) were female. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome of interest was in-hospital mortality. Key secondary outcomes were ICU mortality, ICU and hospital lengths of stay, the proportion of patients discharged home. RESULTS: SAH patients with a history of cardiac arrest preceding ICU admission had a higher mortality rate (81.5% v 23.3%; P \textless 0.0001) and a lower rate of discharge home (4.6% v 37.0%; P \textless 0.0001) compared with patients with SAH who did not have a cardiac arrest. Among patients with SAH who had a cardiac arrest and survived, 20 of 81 (24.7%) were discharged home. In SAH patients with cardiac arrest, having a GCS of 3, the Australian and New Zealand Risk of Death score, and being admitted to ICU for palliative care or organ donation were significant predictors of in-hospital death. CONCLUSIONS: Almost one in five SAH patients who had a documented cardiac arrest in the 24 hours preceding ICU admission to an Australian and New Zealand ICU survived to hospital discharge, with around a quarter of these survivors discharged home. The neurological outcomes of these patients are uncertain, and understanding the burden of disability in survivors is an important area for further research.
@article{heaney_outcomes_2020,
	title = {Outcomes of patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage admitted to {Australian} and {New} {Zealand} intensive care units following a cardiac arrest},
	volume = {22},
	issn = {1441-2772},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics and outcomes of adults with a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units (ICUs) with a cardiac arrest in the preceding 24 hours.
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
SETTING: Study data from 144 Australian and New Zealand ICUs were obtained from the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation Adult Patient Database.
PARTICIPANTS: A total of 439 of 11 047 (3.9\%) patients admitted to an ICU with a SAH had a documented cardiac arrest in the 24 hours preceding their ICU admission. The mean age of patients with SAH and a preceding cardiac arrest was 55.3 years (SD, 13.7) and 251 of 439 (57.2\%) were female.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome of interest was in-hospital mortality. Key secondary outcomes were ICU mortality, ICU and hospital lengths of stay, the proportion of patients discharged home.
RESULTS: SAH patients with a history of cardiac arrest preceding ICU admission had a higher mortality rate (81.5\% v 23.3\%; P {\textless} 0.0001) and a lower rate of discharge home (4.6\% v 37.0\%; P {\textless} 0.0001) compared with patients with SAH who did not have a cardiac arrest. Among patients with SAH who had a cardiac arrest and survived, 20 of 81 (24.7\%) were discharged home. In SAH patients with cardiac arrest, having a GCS of 3, the Australian and New Zealand Risk of Death score, and being admitted to ICU for palliative care or organ donation were significant predictors of in-hospital death.
CONCLUSIONS: Almost one in five SAH patients who had a documented cardiac arrest in the 24 hours preceding ICU admission to an Australian and New Zealand ICU survived to hospital discharge, with around a quarter of these survivors discharged home. The neurological outcomes of these patients are uncertain, and understanding the burden of disability in survivors is an important area for further research.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {3},
	journal = {Critical Care and Resuscitation: Journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine},
	author = {Heaney, Jonathan and Paul, Eldho and Pilcher, David and Lin, Caleb and Udy, Andrew and Young, Paul J.},
	month = sep,
	year = {2020},
	pmid = {32900330},
	keywords = {Adult, Australia, Databases, Factual, Female, Heart Arrest, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, New Zealand, Retrospective Studies, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage},
	pages = {237--244},
}

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