Neurologic recovery after therapeutic hypothermia in patients with post-cardiac arrest myoclonus

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Lucas, Jason M ^a   Cocchi, Michael N ^a   Salciccioli, Justin ^a   Stanbridge, Jessica A ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^b   Herman, Susan T ^a   Donnino, Michael W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Myoclonus; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ATROPINE; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POST CARDIAC ARREST MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84856470822     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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