The effect of Video laryngoscopy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) on clinical outcome: A retrospective analysis of the German Resuscitation Registry (GRR)

Recruiting

• Conditions: I46.1; U69.13; Sudden cardiac death, so described

• Registration Number: DRKS00028137
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Essen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-23
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20000

Inclusion Criteria

Included in the analysis are all adult patients undergoing non-traumatic resuscitation (all initial heart rhythms in OHCA, such as asystole, PEA and ventricular fibrillation) with a successful airway management using endotracheal intubation (ETI) during resuscitation from 2014 (beginning of consistent recording of videolaryngoscopy in the register) to 2022 from the German resuscitation register.

Exclusion Criteria

- Children and young people aged < 18 years
- OHCA due to trauma (Traumatic Resuscitation)
- Exclusive use of supraglottic airway management
- Only mask ventilation
- No airway management performed during resuscitation
- Resuscitation in in-hospital emergency care
- missing data e.g. missing RACA score

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ROSC rate at hospital admission in a group comparison between the two groups of non-traumatic OHCA and intubation by video laryngoscopy (VL) and OHCA and intubation by direct conventional laryngoscopy (DL).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ever ROSC under resuscitation (ROSC)<br>24-h survival in hospital (24-h survival)<br>hospital discharge<br>Neurological outcome at discharge based on the CPC score (Cerebral Performance Categories Scale (9); (1) Minimal Disability; (2) Moderate; (3) Severe; (4) Vegetative; and (5) Brain Dead)