Figure 13.

Left panels: microdialysis variables (LP ratio, lactate, pyruvate) of the jugular venous and arterial blood during post-resuscitation care after out of hospital cardiac arrest in patients with unfavorable outcome. Right panels: jugular bulb microdialysis variables (LP ratio, lactate, pyruvate) during post-resuscitation care in patients with unfavorable outcome (CPC 3–5) compared with patients with favorable outcome (CPC 1–2). The period of targeted temperature management (TTM) is indicated in the figures. The difference between time-averaged means (in intervals of 12 h) of LP ratio, lactate, pyruvate, glycerol and glutamate of the jugular venous and the arterial blood was significant during post-resuscitation care (*p < 0.02) when using mixed effects models. Data are shown as median (IQR). Shaded areas represent normal reference levels for the variables during jugular bulb microdialysis (43). Figures by permission from (107).