Increased rate of anoxic brain damage with laryngeal tube compared to endotracheal intubation in patients with shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – Experience from the HAnnover COoling REgistry (HACORE)

While the original prehospital pragmatic trials comparing LT to ETI mostly included patients with non-shockable rhythm in settings with high mortality, our analysis is based on a real-world registry and focuses on successfully resuscitated patients, whose cause of arrest was most probably not due to hypoxia. In this cohort, use of LT was associated with a higher rate of anoxic brain damage and worse functional neurological outcome compared to use of ETI.