Postresuscitation encephalopathy: Current views, management, and prognostication

Neurologist

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 234-243

  Maramattom, Boby Varkey ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Coma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DEATH; DISABILITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTRESUSCITATION ENCEPHALOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 22244477730     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000159985.07242.22     Document Type: Review

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