Continuous amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram predicts outcome in hypothermia-treated cardiac arrest patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1838-1844

  Rundgren, Malin ^a,b   Westhall, Erik ^a,b   Cronberg, Tobias ^a,b   Rosén, Ingmar ^a,b   Friberg, Hans ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; electroencephalogram; hypothermia; outcome

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHIC STATUS EPILEPTICUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956229378     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181eaa1e7     Document Type: Article

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