TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes associated with delayed enteral feeding after cardiac arrest treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and targeted temperature management
AU - Gutierrez, Alejandra
AU - Carlson, Claire
AU - Kalra, Rajat
AU - Elliott, Andrea M.
AU - Yannopoulos, Demetris
AU - Bartos, Jason A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Introduction: While early enteral nutrition is generally preferred in critically ill patients, the optimal timing of feeding among refractory cardiac arrest patients is unknown. We examined the association between timing of enteral nutrition and patient survival and safety outcomes in patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who were treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 142 consecutive patients presenting with OHCA due to ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia treated with ECPR and targeted temperature management (TTM). Neurologically favorable survival and clinical outcomes were compared between patients who received early enteral nutrition (<48 h after admission to the intensive care unit) and patients receiving delayed enteral nutrition (initiated >48 h after admission). Results: Enteral nutrition was initiated in 90/142 (63%) patients. Early enteral nutrition was provided in 34/90 (38%) while delayed nutrition occurred in 56/90 (62%). In adjusted analysis including patients who received nutrition, delayed enteral feeding was associated with increased odds of neurologically favorable survival (29 vs 54%, CI 1.04−7.25, p = 0.04). There were no significant differences in the incidence of pneumonia (18 vs 27%, p = 0.16), gastrointestinal bleeding (5.9 vs 3.6%, p = 0.42), intestinal ischemia (5.9 vs 5.4%, p = 0.90), ileus (12 vs 11%, p = 0.98), or need for tracheostomy (15 vs 20%, p = 0.81) between early and late feeding groups. Conclusion: In patients with refractory OHCA treated with ECPR and TTM, delayed enteral nutrition was associated with improved neurologically favorable survival. Adverse events related to enteral feeding were not associated with timing of feeding initiation.
AB - Introduction: While early enteral nutrition is generally preferred in critically ill patients, the optimal timing of feeding among refractory cardiac arrest patients is unknown. We examined the association between timing of enteral nutrition and patient survival and safety outcomes in patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who were treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 142 consecutive patients presenting with OHCA due to ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia treated with ECPR and targeted temperature management (TTM). Neurologically favorable survival and clinical outcomes were compared between patients who received early enteral nutrition (<48 h after admission to the intensive care unit) and patients receiving delayed enteral nutrition (initiated >48 h after admission). Results: Enteral nutrition was initiated in 90/142 (63%) patients. Early enteral nutrition was provided in 34/90 (38%) while delayed nutrition occurred in 56/90 (62%). In adjusted analysis including patients who received nutrition, delayed enteral feeding was associated with increased odds of neurologically favorable survival (29 vs 54%, CI 1.04−7.25, p = 0.04). There were no significant differences in the incidence of pneumonia (18 vs 27%, p = 0.16), gastrointestinal bleeding (5.9 vs 3.6%, p = 0.42), intestinal ischemia (5.9 vs 5.4%, p = 0.90), ileus (12 vs 11%, p = 0.98), or need for tracheostomy (15 vs 20%, p = 0.81) between early and late feeding groups. Conclusion: In patients with refractory OHCA treated with ECPR and TTM, delayed enteral nutrition was associated with improved neurologically favorable survival. Adverse events related to enteral feeding were not associated with timing of feeding initiation.
KW - Cardiac arrest
KW - Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - Nutrition
KW - Targeted temperature management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.04.029
DO - 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.04.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 33965476
AN - SCOPUS:85105728507
SN - 0300-9572
VL - 164
SP - 20
EP - 26
JO - Resuscitation
JF - Resuscitation
ER -