Red cell distribution width and prognosis in patients with cardiac arrest: A retrospective cohort study / 中华急诊医学杂志

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Objective:To investigate the association between the initial red cell distribution width (RDW) and all-cause mortality in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) in intensive care unit (ICU).Methods:We conducted a retrospective cohort study and extracted the related clinical data in ICU among adult CA patients (age ≥18 years), using the Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring Intensive Care III (MIMIC-Ⅲ, v1.4) database from 2001 to 2012. Based on whether they survived or not on 90 days, the patients were divided into the survival group and death group, and the clinical data of the two groups were compared. Meanwhile, the RDW values were divided into four parts according to quartile. The cumulative survival rate of 28-day and 90-day were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were also used to reveal the association between RDW and all-cause mortality.Results:Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 853 adult CA patients were finally enrolled. The mean age was (67.26±15.84) years, and 534 (62.60%) patients were male. And the mean SOFA score was (6.13±3.70). Compared with the survival group ( n=410), the patients in the death group ( n=443) were older and had a higher SOFA score, RDW, anion gap, creatinine and blood phosphorus. Moreover, the proportion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute kidney injury and sepsis in the death group were higher than those in the survival group, and the length of stay in ICU in the death group was longer than that in the survival group (all P<0.05). However, the indicators of arterial blood oxygen partial pressure, hemoglobin and total blood calcium, as well as the proportion of coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction were lower than those in the survival group, and a shorter duration of hospitalization in the death group was noted (all P<0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrated that there was a significant difference in the cumulative survival rate of 28-day and 90-day (all P<0.001). In the multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, a higher RDW at ICU admission was an independent risk factor for 28-day ( HR=1.399, 95% CI 1.014-1.930, P=0.041) and 90-day ( HR=1.433, 95% CI 1.064-1.929, P=0.018) all-cause mortality among CA patients. Conclusions:An elevated RDW is an independent predictor for 28-day and 90-day all-cause mortality of CA patients. As a clinical indicators, it indicates a poor prognosis for adult CA patients.