Intensive Care Unit Management After Cardiac ARrest in Russia. - a Retrospective Observational Multi-center Cohort Study

According to statistics, more than half of patients who have undergone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) die from acute cardiovascular or cerebral insufficiency caused by global ischemia. The survival rate after cardiac arrest and successful CPR is about 10%, with good neurological recovery from 0.9% to 7.8%.

The most common cause of cardiac arrest is heart failure, followed by respiratory failure. Despite progress in the provision of specialized medical care, the proportion of patients who underwent post cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) and discharged from the hospital remains very low, and neurological and mental disorders persist forever.

The prevalence of nosocomial cardiac arrest in adults varies, with an average of 6 to 9 cases per 1000 hospitalizations. The prevalence of nosocomial cardiac arrest in adults varies, with an average of 6 to 9 cases per 1000 hospitalizations. About half of inpatient cardiac arrests occur in specialized wards, and the remaining half in other locations, such as intensive care units (ICU) and operating rooms. Common causes of cardiac arrest include coronary artery disease, pulmonary embolism, poisoning with cardiotoxic agents (drugs, antidepressants, cardiac glycosides), metabolic disorders (most often hypo- or hyperkalemia), and sepsis.

Modern methods of intensive care of PCAS provide good results, but require significant diagnostic, therapeutic, human and economic resources. The recommendations of the European Resuscitation Council and the European Intensive Care Society on post-resuscitation care have had an impact on improving the quality of care. In Russia, such recommendations are not accepted. One of the conditions for the development and implementation of methods aimed at increasing the survival rate of patients with PCAS is the collection of up-to-date information on the prevalence, causes and patterns of the development of the disease.

In recent years In Russia, not a single multicenter study has been published on the statistics of survival after cardiac arrest and the results of intensive care. There is also no single algorithm for the treatment of post cardiac arrest syndrome, with the exception of the organ donation protocol; meanwhile, the majority of patients suffering from severe multiple organ failure in the postresuscitation period cannot be donors and die as a result of the progression of multiple organ failure.