Management of coma after cardiac arrest has improved during the past decade, allowing an
increasing proportion of patients to survive, thus prognostication has become an integral …

Objectives To review and update the evidence on predictors of poor outcome (death,
persistent vegetative state or severe neurological disability) in adult comatose survivors of …

This executive summary provides the essential treatment algorithms for the resuscitation of
children and adults and highlights the main guideline changes since 2010. Detailed …

JP Nolan et al./Resuscitation 95 (2015) 202–222 203 from 39 countries reviewed thousands
of relevant, peer-reviewed publications to address 169 specific resuscitation questions, each …

Heart rhythms associated with cardiac arrest are divided into two groups: shockable rhythms
(ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT)) and non-shockable rhythms …

Adult basic life support and use of automated external defibrillators; 4

Aims and methods To systematically review the accuracy of early (≤ 7 days) predictors of
poor outcome, defined as death or vegetative state (Cerebral Performance Categories [CPC] …

The goal of this statement is to develop consensus recommendations aimed at measuring
and optimizing outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). For the purposes of this …

Abstract Objective Current American Academy of Neurology (AAN) guidelines for outcome
prediction in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest (CA) have been validated before the …

BACKGROUND: Brain injury is considered the main cause of death in patients who are
hospitalized after cardiac arrest (CA). Induced hypothermia is recommended as …