Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison between scores

From: External validation of the PROLOGUE score to predict neurological outcome in adult patients after cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study

Score

OHCA

CAHP

PROLOGUE*

A: Neurological outcome at hospital discharge

Score points in patients with good neurological outcome, n = 321

8 ([−3]–21)

125 (98–152)

0.21 (0.07–0.54)

Score points in patients with poor neurological outcome, n = 366

31 (21–45)

186.5 (160–218)

0.82 (0.52–0.95)

p-value (Wilcoxon rank-sum test)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

OR per decile increase (95% CI)

1.66 (1.54–1.79)

1.71 (1.58–1.85)

1.65 (1.53–1.78)

AUROC (95% CI)

0.83 (0.80–0.86)

0.84 (0.81–0.87)

0.83 (0.80–0.86)

B: Mortality at hospital discharge

Score points in survivors, n = 390

10 ([−2]–23)

132 (103–163)

0.26 (0.08–0.58)

Score points in non-survivors, n = 297

34 (22–46)

189 (166–222)

0.86 (0.65–0.95)

p-value (Wilcoxon rank-sum test)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

OR per decile increase (95% CI)

1.64 (1.52–1.76)

1.67 (1.55–1.81)

1.74 (1.60–1.89)

AUROC (95% CI)

0.82 (0.79–0.85)

0.83 (0.80–0.86)

0.85 (0.82–0.88)

  1. *For the PROLOGUE score the predicted probability of poor outcome is provided instead of the score points. Data presented as median (IQR) unless otherwise specified.
  2. AUROC area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, CAHP cardiac arrest hospital prognosis score, CI confidence interval, OHCA out-of-hospital cardiac arrest score, OR odds ratio, PROLOGUE prognostication using logistic regression model for unselected adult cardiac arrest patients in the early stages