The association of early naloxone use with outcomes in non-shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Resuscitation · 2024-06-06 · Registry study
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the association between early naloxone use and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with initial non-shockable rhythms. METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis of data collected in the Portland Cardiac Arrest Epidemiologic Registry, a database containing details of emergency medical services (EMS)-treated OHCA cases in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region. Eligible patients had non-traumatic OHCA with an initial non-shockable rhythm and received naloxone by EMS or law enforcement prior to IV/IO access (exposure group). The primary outcome was ROSC at emergency department (ED) arrival. Secondary outcomes included survival to admission, survival to hospital discharge, and cerebral performance category score ≤2 at discharge (good neurologic outcome). We performed multivariable logistic regressions adjusting for age, sex, arrest location, witness status, bystander interventions, dispatch to EMS arrival time, initial rhythm, and county of arrest. RESULTS: There were 1807 OHCA cases from 2018 to 2021 meeting eligibility criteria, with 57 receiving naloxone before vascular access. Patients receiving naloxone prior to vascular access attempts had higher adjusted odds (aOR [95% CI]) of ROSC at any time (2.14 [1.20-3.81]), ROSC at ED arrival (2.14 [1.18-3.88]), survival to admission (2.86 [1.60-5.09]), survival to discharge (4.41 [1.78-10.97]), and good neurologic outcome (4.61 [1.74-12.19]). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with initial non-shockable OHCA who received law enforcement or EMS naloxone prior to IV/IO access attempts had higher adjusted odds of ROSC at any time, ROSC at ED arrival, survival to admission, survival to discharge, and good neurologic outcome.
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Antidotes · Mortality & survival · Naloxone · Quality of life & function
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