Constanze Czimmeck , Jens Nee , Carl Hinrichs , Christian Endisch , Péter Körtvélyessy , Christoph J. Ploner , Christoph Leithner , Martin Kenda
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Neurological outcome was evaluated at hospital discharge via the Cerebral Performance Category score (CPC), dichotomized as good (CPC 1–3) and poor (CPC 4–5). Prognostic performance for good and poor neurological outcome prediction was analysed for NFL, NSE, electroencephalography (EEG), somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), and head computed tomography (CT). NFL was measured using the SIMOA Quanterix assay.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>152 patients were included, median age was 61 years, 24% were female. 10 patients were discharged in vegetative state or comatose (7%), and 78 died before discharge (51%). NFL > 2000 pg/ml predicted poor outcome with 53% (43–63%) sensitivity and 100% (94–100%) specificity. Most patients (69%) with NFL < 55 pg/ml had a good outcome. Predictive accuracy was similar to other neuroprognostic tests (AUC 0.89, 0.84–0.94). 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Serum neurofilament light chain and multimodal neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest – A retrospective cohort study
Background and purpose
Most patients remain comatose within the first days after cardiac arrest (CA) and resuscitation. Guidelines recommend multimodal neuroprognostication including neuron specific enolase (NSE) as serum biomarker. Neurofilament light-chain (NFL) may have higher prognostic accuracy earlier after cardiac arrest and a lower risk of confounders. This study investigates the prognostic value of serum NFL in clinical routine compared to established prognostic tests.
Methods
Monocentric retrospective observational study of patients with serum NFL between 24–96 h after CA. Neurological outcome was evaluated at hospital discharge via the Cerebral Performance Category score (CPC), dichotomized as good (CPC 1–3) and poor (CPC 4–5). Prognostic performance for good and poor neurological outcome prediction was analysed for NFL, NSE, electroencephalography (EEG), somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), and head computed tomography (CT). NFL was measured using the SIMOA Quanterix assay.
Results
152 patients were included, median age was 61 years, 24% were female. 10 patients were discharged in vegetative state or comatose (7%), and 78 died before discharge (51%). NFL > 2000 pg/ml predicted poor outcome with 53% (43–63%) sensitivity and 100% (94–100%) specificity. Most patients (69%) with NFL < 55 pg/ml had a good outcome. Predictive accuracy was similar to other neuroprognostic tests (AUC 0.89, 0.84–0.94). In head-to-head comparisons with the other neuroprognostic tests, NFL identified 16–41% additional poor outcome patients.
Conclusion
NFL (SIMOA) > 2000 pg/ml predicts poor neurological outcome with high specificity, while low concentrations strongly argue against severe HIE. Adding NFL to established neuroprognostication tests increases sensitivity of poor outcome prediction.
期刊介绍:
Resuscitation is a monthly international and interdisciplinary medical journal. The papers published deal with the aetiology, pathophysiology and prevention of cardiac arrest, resuscitation training, clinical resuscitation, and experimental resuscitation research, although papers relating to animal studies will be published only if they are of exceptional interest and related directly to clinical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Papers relating to trauma are published occasionally but the majority of these concern traumatic cardiac arrest.