Imaging for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis

C Lopez Soto, L Dragoi, CC Heyn, A Kramer, R Pinto… - Neurocritical Care, 2020 - Springer
Background Predicting neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest relies
on clinical findings, radiological and neurophysiological test results. To evaluate the …

Gray matter to white matter ratio for predicting neurological outcomes in patients treated with target temperature management after cardiac arrest: a systematic review …

MK Na, W Kim, TH Lim, B Jang, Y Cho, KS Choi… - Resuscitation, 2018 - Elsevier
Aims This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic accuracy of the gray matter to white matter
ratio (GWR) in predicting neurological outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients treated with …

Head computed tomography for prognostication of poor outcome in comatose patients after cardiac arrest and targeted temperature management

M Moseby-Knappe, T Pellis, I Dragancea, H Friberg… - Resuscitation, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction A multimodal approach to prognostication of outcome after cardiac arrest (CA) is
recommended. Evidence for combinations of methods is low. In this post-hoc analysis we …

Timing of brain computed tomography and accuracy of outcome prediction after cardiac arrest

KJ Streitberger, C Endisch, CJ Ploner, R Stevens… - Resuscitation, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim Gray–white-matter ratio (GWR) calculated from head CT is a radiologic index of tissue
changes associated with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest (CA) …

Automated assessment of brain CT after cardiac arrest—an observational derivation/validation cohort study

M Kenda, M Scheel, A Kemmling, N Aalberts… - Critical Care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Prognostication of outcome is an essential step in defining therapeutic goals
after cardiac arrest. Gray-white-matter ratio obtained from brain CT can predict poor …

Early risk stratification for progression to death by neurological criteria following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

PJ Coppler, KL Flickinger, JM Darby, A Doshi… - Resuscitation, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Some patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) progress
to death by neurological criteria (DNC). We hypothesized that initial brain imaging …

Brain imaging after cardiac arrest

R Beekman, KG Hirsch - Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Brain imaging is important for evaluating the extent of neurologic injury after cardiac arrest.
Future work should focus on addressing previous methodological limitations and …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-rater agreement between humans and computer in quantitative assessment of computed tomography after cardiac arrest

M Kenda, Z Cheng, C Guettler, C Storm… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Head computed tomography (CT) is used to predict neurological outcome after
cardiac arrest (CA). The current reference standard includes quantitative image analysis by …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic value of gray–white matter ratio on brain computed tomography in adult comatose cardiac arrest survivors

GN Wang, XF Chen, JR Lv, NN Sun, XQ Xu… - Journal of the Chinese …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Recent studies suggested that the gray–white matter ratio (GWR) determined
from brain computed tomography (CT) scans may be a reliable predictor of poor …

[HTML][HTML] A pilot study of methods for prediction of poor outcome by head computed tomography after cardiac arrest

M Lang, N Nielsen, S Ullén, K Abul-Kasim, M Johnsson… - Resuscitation, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction In Sweden, head computed tomography (CT) is commonly used for
prediction of neurological outcome after cardiac arrest, as recommended by guidelines. We …