Pupil Reactivity in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated by Extra-Corporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Romain Jouffroy Anastasia Saade Pascal Philippe Alexandra Guyard Pierre Carli Benoît Vivien

Published in: Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation (2019)

Pupils not reacting to light at the ICU admission were associated with mortality on Day 28 in patients with ROHCA. Pupillary light reactivity is a simple and easy tool that can be used to early detect a poor outcome in patients with ROHCA treated by eCPR.

Keyphrases

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiac arrest
intensive care unit
emergency department
cardiovascular events
newly diagnosed
type diabetes
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome