Standards for studies of neurological prognostication in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RG Geocadin, CW Callaway, EL Fink, E Golan… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Significant improvements have been achieved in cardiac arrest resuscitation and postarrest
resuscitation care, but mortality remains high. Most of the poor outcomes and deaths of …

Somatosensory evoked potentials

IM Muzyka, B Estephan - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2019 - Elsevier
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) have been routinely used over the years to
evaluate the somatosensory pathway and thereby supplement the diagnostic process when …

Early electroencephalography for outcome prediction of postanoxic coma: a prospective cohort study

BJ Ruijter, MC Tjepkema‐Cloostermans… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To provide evidence that early electroencephalography (EEG) allows for reliable
prediction of poor or good outcome after cardiac arrest. Methods In a 5‐center prospective …

Neurophysiology and neuroimaging accurately predict poor neurological outcome within 24 hours after cardiac arrest: the ProNeCA prospective multicentre …

M Scarpino, F Lolli, G Lanzo, R Carrai, M Spalletti… - Resuscitation, 2019 - Elsevier
Aims To investigate the ability of 30-min electroencephalogram (EEG), short-latency
somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and brain computed tomography (CT) to predict …

Outcome prediction in postanoxic coma with deep learning

MC Tjepkema-Cloostermans… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Visual assessment of the electroencephalogram by experienced clinical
neurophysiologists allows reliable outcome prediction of approximately half of all comatose …

Distinct predictive values of current neuroprognostic guidelines in post-cardiac arrest patients

SE Zhou, CB Maciel, CH Ormseth, R Beekman… - Resuscitation, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the performance of neuroprognostic guidelines proposed by the
American Academy of Neurology (AAN), European Resuscitation Council/European Society …

Propofol does not affect the reliability of early EEG for outcome prediction of comatose patients after cardiac arrest

BJ Ruijter, MJAM van Putten, WM van den Bergh… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To quantify the effects of propofol on the EEG after cardiac arrest and to assess
their influence on predictions of outcome. Methods In a prospective multicenter cohort study …

Prognostication after cardiac arrest: results of an international, multi-professional survey

A Steinberg, CW Callaway, RM Arnold, T Cronberg… - Resuscitation, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim We explored preferences for prognostic test performance characteristics and error
tolerance in decisions regarding withdrawal or continuation of life-sustaining therapy (LST) …

Systematic review of the relationship between comorbidity and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes

D Majewski, S Ball, J Finn - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the current evidence on the effect pre-arrest comorbidity has on
survival and neurological outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Design …

Beyond dichotomy: patterns and amplitudes of SSEPs and neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest

SH Oh, KN Park, SP Choi, JS Oh, HJ Kim, CS Youn… - Critical care, 2019 - Springer
Background We hypothesized that the absence of P25 and the N20–P25 amplitude in
somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) have higher sensitivity than the absence of N20 …