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Recent studies have shown that C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin ratio
(CAR) is a novel and good marker of systemic inflammation. CAR reflects
the balance between CRP and albumin which demonstrated to be more
sensitive than using CRP and albumin separately. Although the importance
of CAR has been evaluated in different patient population, to our
knowledge, there is no study evaluating the importance of CAR in
patients with OHCA. We have detected for the first time that CAR was an
independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in OHCA patients.