Reliability of prognostic biomarkers after prehospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation with target temperature management.
Walter PetermichlAlois PhilippKarl-Anton HillerMaik FoltanBernhard FloerchingerBernhard GrafDirk LunzPublished in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2021)
A short low-flow time until ECPR initiation is important for a good neurological outcome. Hypoxia-induced cardiac arrest has a high mortality rate even when ECPR and TTM are performed at the emergency scene. ECPR patients with a higher BMI had a worse neurological outcome than patients with a normal BMI. The prognostic biomarkers S100, NSE, lactate, D-dimers and IL6 were reliable indicators of neurological outcome when ECPR and TTM were performed at the emergency scene.