Table 2.

Hypothermia Outcome Prediction after ECLS (HOPE) Score

HOPE score covariates at hospital admission
- Age - Sex - Core temperature - Serum potassium - Presence of asphyxia (submersion with the head fully covered by water or snow avalanche accident AND in cardiac arrest at extrication) - Duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); since CPR initiation until ECLS cannulation

An online calculator of the HOPE score is available at: www.hypothermiascore.org

CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ECLS, extracorporeal cardiac life support.