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DPP3 levels in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients admitted to the intensive care unit: an explorative study

Completed
Conditions
'cardiac arrest'
'heart-attack'
'out of hospital cardiac arrest'
10019280
10011954
Registration Number
NL-OMON50128
Lead Sponsor
Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

- Out of hospital cardiac arrest
- Intensive Care admission (this applies to all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
patients who required endotracheal intubation because they did not regain
consciousness within 20 minutes of onset of cardiac arrest)

Exclusion Criteria

- Necessity for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, intra-aortic balloon pumps
- Patients admitted with an already proposed withdrawal of life-sustaining
treatment because of diagnosed irreversible neurological injury or because of
treatment limitations expressed by the patient before the event.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Plasma DPP3 levels and DPP3 enzyme activity. Correlation with development of<br /><br>post-cardiac arrest syndrome, 28 day mortality.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Development of vasodilatory shock with concurrent vasopressor dosage necessity,<br /><br>plasma cytokine concentrations, development of other complications related to<br /><br>disease/treatment, vital parameters, kidney function, blood gas values, age,<br /><br>body mass index, cause of cardiac arrest, sequential organ failure assessment<br /><br>(SOFA) score, use of medication, survival</p><br>
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