Background
The patients with return of spontaneous circulation post cardiac arrest have a mortality rate of up to 30-50%. Hemodynamic support is a key component of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) management and is essential to ensure survival. The meta-analysis was performed to investigate the optimizing blood pressure targets in survivors of OHCA.
Methods
Studies were searched in electronic databases from January 1, 2015 to January 13, 2023. Results were pooled using random effects model and fixed effects model and are presented as odd ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). The primary outcome was all-cause death and the secondary outcome were severe bleeding, arrhythmia, renal replacement therapy, cerebral performance category (CPC) score≥3, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score≥4 and the level of serum norepinephrine, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), troponin T.This study was registered with INPLASY 2022120065.
Results
Four studies involving 1,327 participants were included. No significant differences of the risk of all-cause death were found between the low-target blood pressure and high-target blood pressure strategy (OR 0.93 [95% CI 0.73–1.17], I²=0%, P=0.55). Meanwhile, the low-target blood pressure therapy had a higher proportion of mRS score≥4 (OR 0.43 [95% CI 0.20–0.94], I²=0%, P=0.03) ≥4 compared with the high-target blood pressure therapy. No significant between-group differences were identified among patients in the level of the serum NSE (SD 0.82 [95% CI -1.50–3.13], I²=28%, P=0.49), troponin T (SD 0.54 [95% CI -0.03–1.12], I²=0%, P=0.07), renal replacement therapy (OR 1.09 [95% CI 0.71–1.69], I²=49%, P=0.69), severe bleeding(OR 1.18 [95% CI 0.85–1.65], I²=0%, P=0.33) and arrhythmia(OR 0.84 [95% CI 0.57–1.24], I²=0%, P=0.38).
Conclusions
The higher mean arterial pressure (MAP) is not associated with improved outcome when compared to conventional target, but may be associated with worse neurological outcome.