Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who are 20 years of age or older at the time of obtaining consent Patients who died without return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Patients who get return of spontaneous circulation Investigators have to get informed consent from the patients or their legal authorized representatives after explaining the participation in this study to them and confirming their understanding.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with cardiac arrest due to trauma, acute aortic dissection or ruptured aortic aneurysm Patients who take anticoagulants Patients with coagulofibrinolytic disorders as underlying diseases Other patients who are judged inappropriate by the principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Severity of organ dysfunction, assessed by Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The levels of histone H3, interleukin-6, and various markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis Outcome (organ dysfunction, 28-days mortality and hospital death) Impact of DIC on outcome | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hokkaido University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine