Objective
We aimed to compare the 72-hour survival of the endotracheal intubation (ETI) with video laryngoscope (VL), ETI with direct laryngoscope (DL), and supraglottic airway (SGA) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in Korea.
Methods
This study included adult OHCA patients who received advanced airway management by designated response teams for severe disease, using a nationwide OHCA registry in South Korea from July 2019 to December 2021. The primary outcome was 72-hour survival, and secondary outcomes were survival to hospital discharge and good neurological recovery. Multivariable logistic regression was used, adjusted for confounders, to compare the outcomes among the three airway management methods.
Results
Among 77,629 OHCA cases, 10,857 were included. SGA was attempted in 9,379 cases, ETI with DL in 493 cases, and ETI with VL in 985 cases. The rates of any prehospital ROSC and 72-hour survival were 13.3% and 11.0% for SGA, 16.0% and 11.4% for ETI with DL, and 18.2% and 11.9% for ETI with VL. Compared to SGA, ETI with VL was significantly associated with 72-hour survival: adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.34 (1.06-1.70) for ETI with VL and 1.13 (0.81-1.56) for ETI with DL). There was no significant association between the type of AAM and survival to discharge or good neurological recovery.
Conclusion
In an emergency medical service system staffed by advanced emergency medical technician-level providers, ETI with VL might be associated with improved 72-hour survival compared to SGA. However, this short-term benefit did not extend to survival to hospital discharge.
Objective We previously developed and validated an artificial intelligence-based electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis tool (ECG Buddy) in a Korean population. This study investigated the performance of this tool in a US population, specifically assessing the left ventricular (LV) dysfunction score and LV ejection fraction (LVEF)-ECG feature for predicting LVEF <40%. The study used N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) as a comparator.
Methods We identified emergency department (ED) visits from the MIMIC-IV dataset with information on LVEF <40% or ≥40% and matched 12-lead ECG data recorded within 48 hours of the ED visit. The performance of ECG Buddy’s LV dysfunction score and the LVEF-ECG feature was compared with those of NT-ProBNP using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) analysis.
Results A total of 22,599 ED visits was analyzed. The LV dysfunction score had an AUC of 0.905 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.899–0.910), with a sensitivity of 85.4% and specificity of 80.8%. The LVEF-ECG feature had an AUC of 0.908 (95% CI, 0.902–0.913), sensitivity of 83.5%, and specificity of 83.0%. NT-ProBNP had an AUC of 0.740 (95% CI, 0.727–0.752), with a sensitivity of 74.8% and specificity of 62.0%. The ECG-based predictors demonstrated superior diagnostic performance compared to NT-ProBNP (all P<0.001). In the sinus rhythm subgroup, the LV dysfunction score achieved an AUC of 0.913 and LVEF-ECG had an AUC of 0.917, both outperforming NT-ProBNP (AUC, 0.748; 95% CI, 0.732–0.763; all P<0.001).
Conclusion ECG Buddy demonstrated superior accuracy compared with NT-ProBNP in predicting LV systolic dysfunction, validating its utility in a US ED population.
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Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate the rate of and etiology for preventable deaths in patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
Methods We conducted a retrospective, multicenter review of patients with TBIs who died within 7 days of their traumatic event from June 2008 to May 2009. Three board certified emergency physicians independently reviewed every case using a structured survey format. Cases were considered preventable deaths only if all physicians independently agreed the death was preventable. Management errors contributing to the preventable death were determined.
Results Forty-one patients who died from TBI were eligible. Preventable deaths were identified in nine (22%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 11 to 28) cases. Fifty-six management errors were identified including 36 (64%; 95% CI, 50 to 77) in the emergency department and 13 (23%; 95% CI, 13 to 36) in the prehospital phase. Thirty (54%; 95% CI, 40 to 67) management errors were process-related, and 26 (46%; 95% CI, 33 to 60) were structure-related.
Conclusion An important and measurable rate of preventable mortality occurs in the initial care of TBI patients. Errors were common and most occurred in the emergency department. In addition, errors were common in the prehospital phase but did not always lead to mortality. When analyzed by type of problem, both process-related and structure-related errors occurred in similar proportions.
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