Initial arterial pH predicts survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in South Korea.
Acute and Critical Care · 2025-08-01 · Registry study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Arterial pH reflects both metabolic and respiratory distress in cardiac arrest and has prognostic implications. However, it was excluded from the 2024 update of the Utstein out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) registry template. We investigated the rationale for including arterial pH into models predicting clinical outcomes. METHODS: Data were sourced from the Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium, a nationwide OHCA registry (NCT03222999). Prediction models were constructed using logistic regression, random forest, and eXtreme Gradient Boosting frameworks. Each framework included three model types: pH, low-flow time, and combined models. Then the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of each predicting model was compared. The primary outcome was 30- day death or neurologically unfavorable status (cerebral performance category ≥3). RESULTS: Among the 15,765 patients analyzed, 92.2% experienced death or unfavorable neurological outcomes. The predicting performance of the models including pH (AUROC, 0.92-0.94) were comparable to the models including low-flow time in all frameworks (0.93-0.94) (all P>0.05). Inclusion of pH into low-flow time models consistently showed higher AUROCs than individual models in all frameworks (AUROC, 0.93-0.95; all P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The predicting performance of models including arterial pH was comparable to models including low-flow time, and addition of arterial pH into low-flow time models could increase the performance of the models. Key Words: blood pH; hydrogen-ion con.
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