Early head CT findings are associated with outcomes after pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 542-548

  Starling, Rebecca M ^a   Shekdar, Karuna ^a   Licht, Dan ^a,b   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a,b   Berg, Robert A ^a,b   Topjian, Alexis A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

basilar cistern effacement; cardiac arrest; children; computed tomography; gray white matter; reversal sign; sulcal effacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAY MATTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84937719010     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000404     Document Type: Article

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