Early brain computed tomography findings are associated with outcome in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Soo H ^a   Choi, Seung P ^a   Park, Kyu N ^a   Youn, Chun S ^a   Oh, Sang H ^a   Choi, Se M ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain computed tomography; Cardiac arrest; Prognosis; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880930635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-57     Document Type: Article

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