Prognosis after cardiac arrest and hypothermia: A new paradigm

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-119

  Samaniego, Edgar A ^a,b   Persoon, Suzanne ^a,b,c   Wijman, Christine A C ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiac arrest; Coma; Electroencephalography; Hypothermia; Myoclonus status epilepticus; Neurological examination; Neuron specific enolase, S100B protein; Prognostication; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551536184     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-010-0148-9     Document Type: Article

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