Pre-hospital neurological risk stratification at return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - the Pre-MIRACLE2 score.
Resuscitation · 2026-06-30 · Observational study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a global health burden where neurological injury sustained is a key predictor of mortality but there are challenges in early risk stratification. This study aims to derive the Pre-MIRACLE2 score, which excludes pH as a component from the MIRACLE2 score, as a means of stratifying neurological risk in a pre-hospital setting. METHODS: To validate the Pre-MIRACLE2 score, we used (i) the EUCAR Registry retrospectively analysed from 1 May 2012 to 31 December 2021, and (ii) the GLOBAL-MIRACLE Registry, a prospective cohort analysed from 1 January 2022 to 31 May 2023. The primary outcome was poor neurological outcome (defined as Cerebral Performance Category 3-5) at hospital discharge. RESULTS: From 1 May 2012 until 31 May 2023, 2149 patients were resuscitated from OHCA with sustained return of spontaneous circulation. After excluding patients who remained non-comatose following return of spontaneous circulation and those with incomplete scores, 1402 patients from EUCAR and 747 from GLOBAL-MIRACLE were included in the final analysis. The primary endpoint occurred in 54.4% of the study cohort. The performance of the Pre-MIRACLE2 score for the primary endpoint was excellent, with an area under the receiver operating curve (AUROC) of 0.85 (95% CI 0.83, 0.87). From the prospective validation cohort (GLOBAL-MIRACLE), the AUROC was 0.85 (95% CI 0.82-0.88) with a calibration slope of 1.11 (95% CI 0.95-1.29). CONCLUSION: The Pre-MIRACLE2 score has the potential to be an effective and pragmatic risk stratification tool for prediction of poor neurological outcome in patients with resuscitated OHCA of suspected cardiac aetiology in a pre-hospital environment or where pH cannot be measured.
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Decision support tools · Early warning scores · Mortality & survival · Quality of life & function
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