Brainstem response patterns in deeply-sedated critically-ill patients predict 28-day mortality.
Benjamin RohautRaphael PorcherTarik HissemNicholas HemingPatrick ChilletKamel DjedainiGuy MonegerStanislas KandelmanJeremy AllaryAlain CariouRomain SonnevilleAndréa PolitoMarion AntonaEric AzabouDjillali AnnaneShidasp SiamiFabrice ChrétienJean MantzTarek Sharsharnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2017)
In this prospective cohort study, around half of all deeply sedated critically ill patients displayed an early particular neurological sub-phenotype predicting 28-day mortality, which may reflect a dysfunction of the brainstem.