Karen G Hirsch, Benjamin S Abella, Edilberto Amorim, Mary Kay Bader, Jeffrey F Barletta, Katherine Berg, Clifton W Callaway, Hans Friberg, Emily J Gilmore, David M Greer, Karl B Kern, Sarah Livesay, Teresa L May, Robert W Neumar, Jerry P Nolan, Mauro Oddo, Mary Ann Peberdy, Samuel M Poloyac, David Seder, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Anezi Uzendu, Brian Walsh, Janice L Zimmerman, Romergryko G Geocadin
The critical care management of patients after cardiac arrest is burdened by a lack of high-quality clinical studies and the resultant lack of high-certainty evidence. This results in limited practice guideline recommendations, which may lead to uncertainty and variability in management. Critical care management is crucial in patients after cardiac arrest and affects outcome. Although guidelines address some relevant topics (including temperature control and neurological prognostication of comatose survivors, 2 topics for which there are more robust clinical studies), many important subject areas have limited or nonexistent clinical studies, leading to the absence of guidelines or low-certainty evidence...
December 1, 2023: Neurocritical Care