Prediction of poor neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: a systematic review.

Claudio SandroniSonia D'ArrigoSofia CacciolaCornelia W E HoedemaekersMarlijn J A KampsMauro OddoFabio S TacconeArianna Di RoccoFrederick J A MeijerErik WesthallMassimo AntonelliJasmeet SoarJerry P NolanTobias Cronberg

Published in: Intensive care medicine (2020)

In comatose resuscitated patients, clinical, biochemical, neurophysiological, and radiological tests have a potential to predict poor neurological outcome with no false-positive predictions within the first week after CA. Guidelines should consider the methodological concerns and limited sensitivity for individual modalities. (PROSPERO CRD42019141169).

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
young adults
randomized controlled trial
clinical practice