Continuous surface EMG power reflects the metabolic cost of shivering during targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2018

Institution/Department

Critical Care Medicine; Maine Medical Center Research Institute; Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation; Neurology and Neuroscience

Journal Title

Resuscitation

MeSH Headings

Aged, Electromyography, Female, Heart Arrest, Humans, Hypothermia, Induced, Hypoxia, Brain, Male, Middle Aged, Monitoring, Physiologic, Oxygen Consumption, Prospective Studies, Shivering, Single-Blind Method

Abstract

AIM: Shivering may interfere with targeted temperature management (TTM) after cardiac arrest, contributing to secondary brain injury. Early identification of shivering is challenging with existing tools. We hypothesized that shivering detected by continuous surface sEMG monitoring would be validated with calorimetry and detected earlier than by intermittent clinical observation.

METHODS: This prospective observational study enrolled a convenience sample of comatose adult cardiac arrest patients treated with TTM at 33 °C. Clinical shivering was monitored hourly using the Bedside Shivering Assessment Scale (BSAS) by bedside nurses who administered intermittent neuromuscular blockade (NMB) when BSAS ≥ 1. The research team monitored independently for shivering with BSAS every 15 min during continuous blinded monitoring of oxygen consumption (VO

RESULTS: Among 18 patients, clinical shivering was detected 23 times in 14 patients. Hierarchical models to predict a shiver event determined by the VO

CONCLUSIONS: Shivering was detected by sEMG power earlier than by clinical assessment with BSAS, with similar accuracy compared to the indirect calorimetry gold standard. Continuous sEMG monitoring appears useful for clinical assessment and research for shivering during TTM.

ISSN

1873-1570

First Page

8

Last Page

13

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