Association between a quantitative CT scan measure of brain edema and outcome after cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1180-1185

  Metter, Robert B ^a   Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral edema; Computed tomography; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAY MATTER; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961126867     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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