Susan Alcock, Sarbjeet Singh, Evan J Wiens, Navjit Singh, Sudharsana Rao Ande, Kristen Lampron, Beili Huang, Iain Kirkpatrick, Anurag Trivedi, Stephen Allan Schaffer, Jai Shiva Shankar
INTRODUCTION: Cardiac arrest remains one of the most common causes of death with the majority occurring outside of hospitals (out of hospital cardiac arrest). Despite advancements in resuscitation management, approximately 50% of comatose cardiac arrest patients (CCAP) will suffer a severe unsurvivable brain injury. To assess brain injury, a neurological examination is conducted, however, its reliability in predicting outcomes in the first days following cardiac arrest is limited. Non-contrast CT is the most employed scan to assess hypoxic changes, even though it is not sensitive to early hypoxic-ischaemic changes in the brain...
June 2, 2023: BMJ Open