Standardized EEG analysis to reduce the uncertainty of outcome prognostication after cardiac arrest.
Filippo BongiovanniFederico RomagnosiGiuseppina BarbellaArianna Di RoccoAndrea O RossettiFabio Silvio TacconeClaudio SandroniMauro OddoPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2020)
In the majority of comatose CA patients, the outcome remains indeterminate after application of ERC/ESICM prognostication algorithm. Standardized EEG background analysis enables accurate prediction of both good and poor recovery, thereby greatly reducing uncertainty about coma prognostication in this patient population.