Use of torsades de pointes risk drugs among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and likelihood of shockable rhythm and return of spontaneous circulation : A nationwide study

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AIM: Treatment with certain drugs can augment the risk of developing malignant arrhythmias (e.g. torsades de pointes [TdP]). Hence, we examined the overall TdP risk drug use before out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and possible association with shockable rhythm and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).

METHODS: Patients ≥18 years with an OHCA of cardiac origin from the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry (2001-2014) and TdP risk drug use according to www.CredibleMeds.org were identified. Factors associated with TdP risk drug use and secondly how use may affect shockable rhythm and ROSC were determined by multivariable logistic regression.

RESULTS: We identified 27,481 patients with an OHCA of cardiac origin (median age: 72 years [interquartile range 62.0, 80.0 years]). A total of 37% were in treatment with TdP risk drugs 0-30 days before OHCA compared with 33% 61-90 days before OHCA (p < 0.001). Most commonly used TdP risk drugs were citalopram (36.1%) and roxithromycin (10.7%). Patients in TdP risk drug treatment were older (75 vs 70 years) and more comorbid compared with those not in treatment. Subsequently, TdP risk drug use was associated with less likelihood of the presenting rhythm being shockable (odds ratio [OR] = 0.63, 95% confidence interval [CI]:0.58-0.69) and ROSC (OR = 0.73, 95% CI:0.66-0.80).

CONCLUSION: TdP risk drug use increased in the time leading up to OHCA and was associated with reduced likelihood of presenting with a shockable rhythm and ROSC in an all-comer OHCA setting. However, patients in TdP risk drug treatment were older and more comorbid than patients not in treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:179

Enthalten in:

Resuscitation - 179(2022) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 105-113

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Krøll, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Jespersen, Camilla H B [VerfasserIn]
Kristensen, Søren Lund [VerfasserIn]
Fosbøl, Emil L [VerfasserIn]
Vinding, Naja Emborg [VerfasserIn]
Lippert, Freddy [VerfasserIn]
Kragholm, Kristian [VerfasserIn]
Jøns, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Steen M [VerfasserIn]
Køber, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsen, Peter Karl [VerfasserIn]
Tfelt-Hansen, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Weeke, Peter E [VerfasserIn]

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0DHU5B8D6V
21KOF230FA
Arrhythmia
Cardiac arrest
Citalopram
DNA-Binding Proteins
Epidemiology
Journal Article
OHCA
Pharmacotherapy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Roxithromycin
TdP

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Date Completed 04.10.2022

Date Revised 17.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.08.008

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NLM344835030