Acute cardiac care & resuscitationDiagnostic or prognostic study

Pre-hospital neurological risk stratification at return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – the Pre-MIRACLE2 score

ResuscitationPublished

  • derivation and validation of the Pre-MIRACLE2 score
  • EUCAR Registry retrospectively analysed
  • GLOBAL-MIRACLE Registry, a prospective cohort

Authors' conclusion

The Pre-MIRACLE2 score has the potential to be an effective and pragmatic risk stratification tool for prediction of poor neurological outcome in patients with resuscitated OHCA of suspected cardiac aetiology in a pre-hospital environment or where pH cannot be measured.

Study context

Population
Comatose patients resuscitated from OHCA with sustained return of spontaneous circulationresuscitated from OHCA with sustained return of spontaneous circulation, 1402 from EUCAR and 747 from GLOBAL-MIRACLE included in the final analysis · EUCAR 1,402 · GLOBAL-MIRACLE 747
Participants
2,149 patients
Comparison
Pre-MIRACLE2 score for prediction of poor neurological outcome
  • EUCARn = 1,402
  • GLOBAL-MIRACLEn = 747
Outcome
poor neurological outcome (defined as Cerebral Performance Category 3-5)
Follow-up
At hospital discharge

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Primary endpoint occurred in study cohort

54.4%

Area under the receiver operating curve (AUROC) of the Pre-MIRACLE2 score

0.85 (95% CI 0.83, 0.87)

Further findings

Pre-MIRACLE2 performance in the prospective validation cohort (GLOBAL-MIRACLE)
0.85 (95% CI 0.82-0.88) · AUROC · calibration slope 1.11 (95% CI 0.95-1.29)

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Original publication

Pre-hospital neurological risk stratification at return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – the Pre-MIRACLE2 score. Resuscitation. Published 30 June 2026. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111176

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