Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning affects 50,000 people a year in the United States. The
clinical presentation runs a spectrum, ranging from headache and dizziness to coma and …

General anesthetics are commonly used in major surgery. To achieve the depth of
anesthesia for surgery, patients are being subjected to a variety of general anesthetics …

Objectives: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to aid failed cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) in children is associated with a high incidence of neurologic injury. We …

Introduction Arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO 2) abnormalities are common after
cardiac arrest (CA). Maintaining a normal PaCO 2 makes physiological sense and is …

Respiratory arrest is a major life-threatening condition leading to cessation of vital functions
and hypoxic-anoxic injury of the brain. The progressive structural tissue changes …

Cardiac arrest has many implications for morbidity and mortality. Few interventions have
been shown to improve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and long‐term outcomes …

Background: Nerve growth factor (NGF) promotes neural recovery after experimental
traumatic brain injury (TBI) supporting neuronal growth, differentiation and survival of brain …

Purpose To evaluate the bispectral index (BIS) and suppression ratio (SR) as very early
predictors of neurological outcome during therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest …

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to examine the prognostic value of
continuous amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) applied immediately after …

Background Cardiac arrest (CA) has been a leading cause of death for many decades.
Despite years of research, we still do not understand how each organ responds to the …