Open AccessPrognostic significance of the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio in in-hospital cardiac arrest after targeted temperature management
Author(s) -
Yu-Hsiang Meng,
PeiYing Lin,
YuHsuan Wu,
Peter C. Hou,
Chorng–Kuang How,
Chung-Ting Chen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000767
Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , blood urea nitrogen , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , urea , urea nitrogen , cardiology , biochemistry , chemistry
Targeted temperature management (TTM) has been reported to improve outcomes in in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) patients but little has been investigated into the relationship between prognoses and the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (BCR).