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Ep90 - IV vs IO in OHCA


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We've reviewed several papers in the past that suggest there might be an advantage to using IV access compared to IO access for medications in cardiac arrest. Is that really a thing? Wouldn't it be great if we had some randomized controlled trials to help answer the questions?  

Funny you should mention RCTs. Dr Jarvis reviews three (THREE!) new RCTs that compare IV to IO access in out of hospital cardiac arrest to try to shed some of that bright light of science on this question!

Citations:

1. Vallentin MF, Granfeldt A, Klitgaard TL, Mikkelsen S, Folke F, Christensen HC, Povlsen AL, Petersen AH, Winther S, Frilund LW, et al.: Intraosseous or Intravenous Vascular Access for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med.

2. Smida T, Crowe R, Jarvis J, Ratcliff T, Goebel M: A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2024;28(6):1–23.

3. Nielsen N: The Way to a Patient’s Heart — Vascular Access in Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2412901 (Epub ahead of print).

4. Ko Y-C, Lin H-Y, Huang EP-C, Lee A-F, Hsieh M-J, Yang C-W, Lee B-C, Wang Y-C, Yang W-S, Chien Y-C, et al.: Intraosseous versus intravenous vascular access in upper extremity among adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: cluster randomised clinical trial (VICTOR trial). BMJ. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079878 (Epub ahead of print).
5. Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, et al.: Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. 2016;May 5;374(18):1711–22.

6.Daya MR, Leroux BG, Dorian P, Rea TD, Newgard CD, Morrison LJ, Lupton JR, Menegazzi JJ, Ornato JP, Sopko G, et al.: Survival After Intravenous Versus Intraosseous Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Shock-Refractory Cardiac Arrest. Circulation. 2020;January 21;141(3):188–98.

7. Nolan JP, Deakin CD, Ji C, Gates S, Rosser A, Lall R, Perkins GD: Intraosseous versus intravenous administration of adrenaline in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the PARAMEDIC2 placebo-controlled trial. Intensive Care Medicine. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05920-7 (Epub ahead of print).




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