The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who receive advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) for 20 minutes, the decision of whether to continue or terminate resuscitation at the scene is difficult and complicated. This study aimed to develop and validate a simple and relia...

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Main Authors: Thongpitak Huabbangyang, Paskorn Sritipsukho
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Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/2739
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description Introduction: In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who receive advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) for 20 minutes, the decision of whether to continue or terminate resuscitation at the scene is difficult and complicated. This study aimed to develop and validate a simple and reliable clinical scoring system for identifying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) failure at the scene after 20 minutes of ACLS. Methods: In this cross-sectional study we evaluated the adults with nontraumatic OHCA who received ACLS for 20 minutes. The independent predictors of CPR failure were identified using multivariate regression analysis and trying to develop a clinical decision rule. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used for evaluating the performance of the developed model. Results: 455 patients with the mean age of 63.85 ± 19.21 years were included (65.1% male). In most cases of OHCA, the cause of cardiac arrest was respiratory (54.9%). The first cardiac rhythm recorded in 68.1% was asystole. 313 (68.79%) cases were affiliated to the failed CPR group. The independent predictive factors of CPR failure based on multivariate analysis were the first cardiac rhythm recorded (p < 0.001), unwitnessed cardiac arrest (p < 0.001), lack of pupillary response (p < 0.001), advanced airway management at the scene (p < 0.001), and administration of drugs at the scene during CPR, including amiodarone (p = 0.020) and atropine (p = 0.002). The area under the ROC curve of the model was 0.832 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.793–0.870) with 70.0% sensitivity, 82.4% specificity, 89.8% positive predictive value, 55.5% negative predictive value, 3.97 positive likelihood ratio, and 0.36 negative likelihood ratio. Conclusion: Using data from routine care practices by EMS personnel, we devised a simple clinical scoring system for predicting CPR failure at the scene of OHCA after 20 minutes of complete ACLS.
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spelling doaj-art-4f69aa0d822b4d588d442ebd179fb5a02025-08-23T05:56:37ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine2645-49042025-07-0113110.22037/aaemj.v13i1.2739The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional StudyThongpitak Huabbangyang0Paskorn SritipsukhoDepartment of Disaster and Emergency Medical Operation, Faculty of Science and Health Technology, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand Introduction: In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who receive advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) for 20 minutes, the decision of whether to continue or terminate resuscitation at the scene is difficult and complicated. This study aimed to develop and validate a simple and reliable clinical scoring system for identifying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) failure at the scene after 20 minutes of ACLS. Methods: In this cross-sectional study we evaluated the adults with nontraumatic OHCA who received ACLS for 20 minutes. The independent predictors of CPR failure were identified using multivariate regression analysis and trying to develop a clinical decision rule. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used for evaluating the performance of the developed model. Results: 455 patients with the mean age of 63.85 ± 19.21 years were included (65.1% male). In most cases of OHCA, the cause of cardiac arrest was respiratory (54.9%). The first cardiac rhythm recorded in 68.1% was asystole. 313 (68.79%) cases were affiliated to the failed CPR group. The independent predictive factors of CPR failure based on multivariate analysis were the first cardiac rhythm recorded (p < 0.001), unwitnessed cardiac arrest (p < 0.001), lack of pupillary response (p < 0.001), advanced airway management at the scene (p < 0.001), and administration of drugs at the scene during CPR, including amiodarone (p = 0.020) and atropine (p = 0.002). The area under the ROC curve of the model was 0.832 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.793–0.870) with 70.0% sensitivity, 82.4% specificity, 89.8% positive predictive value, 55.5% negative predictive value, 3.97 positive likelihood ratio, and 0.36 negative likelihood ratio. Conclusion: Using data from routine care practices by EMS personnel, we devised a simple clinical scoring system for predicting CPR failure at the scene of OHCA after 20 minutes of complete ACLS. https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/2739Out-of-Hospital Emergency CareOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestOut-of-Hospital Heart ArrestReturn of Spontaneous CirculationEmergency Medical Service
spellingShingle Thongpitak Huabbangyang
Paskorn Sritipsukho
The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine
Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Out-of-Hospital Heart Arrest
Return of Spontaneous Circulation
Emergency Medical Service
title The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study
title_full The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study
title_fullStr The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study
title_short The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study
title_sort predictive factors of cpr failure after 20 minutes of advanced cardiac life support for non traumatic out of hospital arrest cases a cross sectional study
topic Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Out-of-Hospital Heart Arrest
Return of Spontaneous Circulation
Emergency Medical Service
url https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/2739
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