Abstract
The majority of patients who are admitted to the hospital after a successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
die before hospital discharge. Most of these deaths are due to severe hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury1 and occur after withdrawal of life
sustaining treatment (WLST) because a poor neurological prognosis is expected. When prognosticating a poor neurological outcome in patients who are unconscious after resuscitation from cardiac arrest the risk of a falsely pessimistic prediction should be minimised in order
to avoid an inappropriate WLST. Since even the most robust predictors of poor neurological outcome are not 100% specific (e.g.
some false positive may be expected), an integrated approach using multiple prognostic tests is recommended.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | A3-A4 |
Numero di pagine | 2 |
Rivista | Resuscitation |
Volume | 102 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2016 |
Keywords
- Brain
- Cardiac arrest
- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Heart Arrest
- Humans
- Hypoxia–ischaemia
- Prognosis