Acidemia predicts mortality independently of lactate levels in patients after cardiac arrest
Post-cardiac-arrest acidemia is associated with higher mortality independently of lactate, ventilation, or CPR characteristics. Among hospital survivors, admission pH was not significantly associated with neurological outcome. These findings support pH as an early marker for mortality risk stratification after cardiac arrest, to be interpreted in the context of multimodal prognostication.
Authors
- Dragos Andrei Duse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-1016)
- Ralf Erkens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3373-652X)
- P. Horn
- Matthias Ortkemper
- Andreea Ganea
- Jafer Haschemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5578-3880)
- Christian Jung
- Malte Kelm
- Philipp Defke
Institutions
- Saint Agnes Hospital (US)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Resuscitation Plus
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101234
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00