Letter by Eastwood et al Regarding Article, “Association Between Postresuscitation Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Neurological Outcome in Patients With Post–Cardiac Arrest Syndrome” | Zendy

Glenn M. Eastwood | Zendy; Satoshi Suzuki | Zendy; Rinaldo Bellomo | Zendy

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Letter by Eastwood et al Regarding Article, “Association Between Postresuscitation Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Neurological Outcome in Patients With Post–Cardiac Arrest Syndrome”

Author(s) -

Glenn M. Eastwood,

Satoshi Suzuki,

Rinaldo Bellomo

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.004554

Subject(s) - medicine , hypocapnia , intensive care , hypercapnia , normocapnia , emergency department , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , acidosis

We read the article by Roberts and colleagues1 with interest. Although we agree that hypocapnia has been demonstrated to be common and is a predictor of poor neurological outcome after cardiac arrest, we are concerned that the findings may lack external validity.In a recent study involving 16 542 patients admitted to 125 Australian and New Zealand intensive care units after cardiac arrest between 2000 and 2011,2 we found that hypocapnia and …

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