IMR Press / RCM / Volume 25 / Issue 5 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2505157
Open Access Original Research
The Relationship between the Ratio of Urine Osmolality to Serum Osmolality and Neurological Outcomes in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
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1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 61469 Gwangju, Republic of Korea
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 61469 Gwangju, Republic of Korea
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, 14353 Seoul, Republic of Korea
4 Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, 58128 Hwasun, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence: ggodhkekf@hanmail.net (Dong Hun Lee)
These authors contributed equally.
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(5), 157; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2505157
Submitted: 2 January 2024 | Revised: 13 February 2024 | Accepted: 1 March 2024 | Published: 8 May 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome: Prognostic Performance and Management)
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Progressive ischemic brain injury after cardiac arrest can cause damage to the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, particularly the pituitary gland. This may impact serum osmolality (SOsm) and urine osmolality (UOsm) in patients who have experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We assumed that a low ratio of UOsm to SOsm (USR) is related to poor outcomes among OHCA patients. Therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate the association between the USR within 72 h after the restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and 6-month neurological outcomes in OHCA patients. Methods: This prospective, observational study included OHCA patients with targeted temperature management at Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju, Korea, between January 2016 and December 2022. We collected SOsm and UOsm data at admission (T0) and 24 (T1), 48 (T2), and 72 h (T3) after ROSC. The primary outcome was a poor neurological outcome at 6 months defined by cerebral performance categories 3, 4, or 5. Results: This study included 319 patients. The mean UOsm and USRs at T0, T1, T2, and T3 of patients with poor outcomes were lower than those of patients with good outcomes. Multivariable analysis indicated that the USRs at T1 (odds ratio [OR], 0.363; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.221–0.594), T2 (OR, 0.451; 95% CI, 0.268–0.761), and T3 (OR, 0.559; 95% CI, 0.357–0.875) were associated with a poor outcome. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves of USRs at T0, T1, T2, and T3 for predicting poor outcomes were 0.615 (95% CI, 0.559–0.669), 0.711 (95% CI, 0.658–0.760), 0.724 (95% CI, 0.671–0.772), and 0.751 (95% CI, 0.699–0.797), respectively. Conclusions: The USRs within 72 h of ROSC were associated with poor neurological outcomes at 6 months in OHCA patients.

Keywords
urine osmolality
serum osmolality
targeted temperature management
cardiac arrest
prognosis
Funding
BCRI-23015/Chonnam National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute
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