Despite recent improvement in post-resuscitation care, about 50% of patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest die or have poorneurological prognosis.1Severe neurological damage due to post-anoxic brain injury is common after cardiac arrest and is a majorcause of post-resuscitation mortality. Early prognostication isimportant in patients who are comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest because inappropriate treatment in patients with nochance of a good neurological recovery can be avoided and relativescan be provided with correct information.
Sandroni, C., Nolan, J., Neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest in Europe: new timings and standards, <<RESUSCITATION>>, 2015; 90 (Maggio): A4-A4-5. [doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.020] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/72054]
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Titolo: | Neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest in Europe: new timings and standards |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.020 |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 |
Abstract: | Despite recent improvement in post-resuscitation care, about 50% of patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest die or have poorneurological prognosis.1Severe neurological damage due to post-anoxic brain injury is common after cardiac arrest and is a majorcause of post-resuscitation mortality. Early prognostication isimportant in patients who are comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest because inappropriate treatment in patients with nochance of a good neurological recovery can be avoided and relativescan be provided with correct information. |
Lingua: | Inglese |
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Citazione: | Sandroni, C., Nolan, J., Neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest in Europe: new timings and standards, <<RESUSCITATION>>, 2015; 90 (Maggio): A4-A4-5. [doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.020] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/72054] |
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