Does maximizing intra-arrest arterial diastolic blood pressure improve return of spontaneous circulation in adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
Maintaining an intra-arrest diastolic blood pressure above 35 mmHg may optimize the chances of achieving return of spontaneous circulation in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
This study supports the use of arterial DBP as an important haemodynamic parameter for goal-directed resuscitation in adult OHCA. Maximising DBP may increase the chances of ROSC. These data suggest that a DBP threshold of 35 mmHg is optimal for identifying patients who may achieve ROSC with continued resuscitation.
Aziz et al. (Wed,) studied this question.