Vasopressor or advanced airway first in cardiac arrest?
Resuscitation · 2024-10-30 · Randomised trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: While resuscitation guidelines emphasize early vasopressor administration and advanced airway management, their optimal sequence remains unclear. We sought to determine the associations between vasopressor-airway resuscitation sequence and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes in the Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART). METHODS: We analyzed data from the PART trial. For each patient we determined times of first vasopressor administration (epinephrine or vasopressin), and successful advanced airway insertion (laryngeal tube or endotracheal tube). We classified each case as vasopressor-first or advanced airway-first. We used Generalized Estimating Equations to determine associations between vasopressor-airway sequence and outcomes (72-hour survival, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) on emergency department arrival, survival to hospital discharge, hospital survival with favorable neurologic status) and CPR outside of recommended parameters (chest compression fraction <0.8, chest compression rate <100 or >120 per min, or ventilation rate <8 or >12 breaths/min), adjusting for confounders. RESULTS: Of 3,004 patients in the parent trial, we analyzed 2,404, including 1,821 vasopressor-first and 583 advanced airway-first. Median intervention times: ALS arrival-to-vasopressor 8 min (IQR 6-11) and ALS arrival-to-airway 11 min (8-15). Compared with airway-first, vasopressor-first sequence was not associated with 72-hour survival (adjusted OR 0.96; 95% CI: 0.71-1.31), ROSC (0.83; 0.66-1.06), hospital survival (1.09; 0.68-1.73), or hospital survival with favorable neurologic status (0.97; 0.53-1.78). Vasopressor-first sequence was not associated with non-compliance with recommended CPR performance parameters. CONCLUSIONS: Vasopressor-airway resuscitation sequence was not associated with OHCA outcomes or CPR quality.
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Adrenaline · Cardiovascular drugs · Endotracheal intubation · Supraglottic airway · Vasopressin · Vasopressors
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