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Jung YH, Lee HY, Lee BK, Choi BK, Kim TH, Kim JW, Kim HC, Kim HJ, Jeung KW. Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance-Based Conductivity Imaging as a Tool to Estimate the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in the First Hours After Cardiac Arrest. Neurocrit Care 2024; 40:538-550. [PMID: 37353670 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01776-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early identification of the severity of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI) after cardiac arrest can be used to help plan appropriate subsequent therapy. We evaluated whether conductivity of cerebral tissue measured using magnetic resonance-based conductivity imaging (MRCI), which provides contrast derived from the concentration and mobility of ions within the imaged tissue, can reflect the severity of HIBI in the early hours after cardiac arrest. METHODS Fourteen minipigs were resuscitated after 5 min or 12 min of untreated cardiac arrest. MRCI was performed at baseline and at 1 h and 3.5 h after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). RESULTS In both groups, the conductivity of cerebral tissue significantly increased at 1 h after ROSC compared with that at baseline (P = 0.031 and 0.016 in the 5-min and 12-min groups, respectively). The increase was greater in the 12-min group, resulting in significantly higher conductivity values in the 12-min group (P = 0.030). At 3.5 h after ROSC, the conductivity of cerebral tissue in the 12-min group remained increased (P = 0.022), whereas that in the 5-min group returned to its baseline level. CONCLUSIONS The conductivity of cerebral tissue was increased in the first hours after ROSC, and the increase was more prominent and lasted longer in the 12-min group than in the 5-min group. Our findings suggest the promising potential of MRCI as a tool to estimate the severity of HIBI in the early hours after cardiac arrest.
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- Yong Hun Jung
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 42 Jebong-ro, Donggu, Gwangju, 61469, Republic of Korea
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Trauma Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 42 Jebong-ro, Donggu, Gwangju, 61469, Republic of Korea
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Science Research Institute, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Convergence Research Center, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Science Research Institute, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 42 Jebong-ro, Donggu, Gwangju, 61469, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
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Portell Penadés E, Alvarez V. A Comprehensive Review and Practical Guide of the Applications of Evoked Potentials in Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest. Cureus 2024; 16:e57014. [PMID: 38681279 PMCID: PMC11046378 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.57014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Cardiorespiratory arrest is a very common cause of morbidity and mortality nowadays, and many therapeutic strategies, such as induced coma or targeted temperature management, are used to reduce patient sequelae. However, these procedures can alter a patient's neurological status, making it difficult to obtain useful clinical information for the reliable estimation of neurological prognosis. Therefore, complementary investigations are conducted in the early stages after a cardiac arrest to clarify functional prognosis in comatose cardiac arrest survivors in the first few hours or days. Current practice relies on a multimodal approach, which shows its greatest potential in predicting poor functional prognosis, whereas the data and tools to identify patients with good functional prognosis remain relatively limited in comparison. Therefore, there is considerable interest in investigating alternative biological parameters and advanced imaging technique studies. Among these, somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) remain one of the simplest and most reliable tools. In this article, we discuss the technical principles, advantages, limitations, and prognostic implications of SSEPs in detail. We will also review other types of evoked potentials that can provide useful information but are less commonly used in clinical practice (e.g., visual evoked potentials; short-, medium-, and long-latency auditory evoked potentials; and event-related evoked potentials, such as mismatch negativity or P300).
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Hohmann C, Doulis AE, Gietzen CH, Adler C, Wienemann H, von Stein P, Hoerster R, Koch KR, Michels G. Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter for Assessing Prognosis after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Crit Care 2024; 79:154464. [PMID: 37948943 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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PURPOSE Evaluate optic nerve sheath and pial diameters (ONSD, ONPD) via sonography and computed tomography (CT) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) and to compare their prognostic significance with other imaging and laboratory biomarkers. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective observational study enrolling patients after successful resuscitation between December 2017 and August 2021. ONSD and ONPD were measured with sonography. Additionally, ONSD, and also grey-to-white ratio at basal ganglia (GWRBG) and cerebrum (GWRCBR), were assessed using CT. Lactate and neuron specific enolase (NSE) blood levels were measured. RESULTS Sonographically measured ONSD and ONPD yielded no significant difference between survival and non-survival (p values ≥0.4). Meanwhile, CT assessed ONSD, GWRBG, GWRCBR, and NSE levels significantly differed regarding both, survival (p values ≤0.005) and neurological outcome groups (p values ≤0.04). For survival prognosis, GWRBG, GWRCBR, and NSE levels appeared as excellent predictors; in predicting a good neurological outcome, NSE had the highest accuracy. CONCLUSIONS CT diagnostics, in particular GWRBG and GWRCBR, as well as NSE as laboratory biomarker, appear as excellent outcome predictors. Meanwhile, our data lead us to recommend caution in utilizing sonography assessed ONSD and ONPD for prognostic decision-making post-CA.
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- Christopher Hohmann
- Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; MVZ ADTC Moenchengladbach-Erkelenz, Erkelenz, Germany.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; MVZ ADTC Moenchengladbach-Erkelenz, Erkelenz, Germany.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the Barmherzige Brüder Trier, Germany.
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Nikolovski SS, Lazic AD, Fiser ZZ, Obradovic IA, Tijanic JZ, Raffay V. Recovery and Survival of Patients After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Literature Review Showcasing the Big Picture of Intensive Care Unit-Related Factors. Cureus 2024; 16:e54827. [PMID: 38529434 PMCID: PMC10962929 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.54827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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As an important public health issue, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) requires several stages of high quality medical care, both on-field and after hospital admission. Post-cardiac arrest shock can lead to severe neurological injury, resulting in poor recovery outcome and increased risk of death. These characteristics make this condition one of the most important issues to deal with in post-OHCA patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs). Also, the majority of initial post-resuscitation survivors have underlying coronary diseases making revascularization procedure another crucial step in early management of these patients. Besides keeping myocardial blood flow at a satisfactory level, other tissues must not be neglected as well, and maintaining mean arterial pressure within optimal range is also preferable. All these procedures can be simplified to a certain level along with using targeted temperature management methods in order to decrease metabolic demands in ICU-hospitalized post-OHCA patients. Additionally, withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy as a controversial ethical topic is under constant re-evaluation due to its possible influence on overall mortality rates in patients initially surviving OHCA. Focusing on all of these important points in process of managing ICU patients is an imperative towards better survival and complete recovery rates.
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- Srdjan S Nikolovski
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago Health Science Campus, Maywood, USA
- Emergency Medicine, Serbian Resuscitation Council, Novi Sad, SRB
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- Emergency Center, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, SRB
- Emergency Medicine, Serbian Resuscitation Council, Novi Sad, SRB
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- Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Novi Sad, SRB
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- Anesthesiology, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care, Sveti Vračevi Hospital, Bijeljina, BIH
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- Emergency Medicine, Municipal Institute of Emergency Medicine, Kragujevac, SRB
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, CYP
- Emergency Medicine, Serbian Resuscitation Council, Novi Sad, SRB
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Aalberts N, Westhall E, Johnsen B, Hahn K, Kenda M, Cronberg T, Friberg H, Preuß S, Ploner CJ, Storm C, Nee J, Leithner C, Endisch C. Cortical somatosensory evoked potential amplitudes and clinical outcome after cardiac arrest: a retrospective multicenter study. J Neurol 2023; 270:5999-6009. [PMID: 37639017 PMCID: PMC10632270 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11951-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Bilaterally absent cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) reliably predict poor outcome in comatose cardiac arrest (CA) patients. Cortical SSEP amplitudes are a recent prognostic extension; however, amplitude thresholds, inter-recording, and inter-rater agreement remain uncertain. METHODS In a retrospective multicenter cohort study, we determined cortical SSEP amplitudes of comatose CA patients using a standardized evaluation pathway. We studied inter-recording agreement in repeated SSEPs and inter-rater agreement by four raters independently determining 100 cortical SSEP amplitudes. Primary outcome was assessed using the cerebral performance category (CPC) upon intensive care unit discharge dichotomized into good (CPC 1-3) and poor outcome (CPC 4-5). RESULTS Of 706 patients with SSEPs with median 3 days after CA, 277 (39.2%) had good and 429 (60.8%) poor outcome. Of patients with bilaterally absent cortical SSEPs, one (0.8%) survived with CPC 3 and 130 (99.2%) had poor outcome. Otherwise, the lowest cortical SSEP amplitude in good outcome patients was 0.5 µV. 184 (42.9%) of 429 poor outcome patients had lower cortical SSEP amplitudes. In 106 repeated SSEPs, there were 6 (5.7%) with prognostication-relevant changes in SSEP categories. Following a standardized evaluation pathway, inter-rater agreement was almost perfect with a Fleiss' kappa of 0.88. INTERPRETATION Bilaterally absent and cortical SSEP amplitudes below 0.5 µV predicted poor outcome with high specificity. A standardized evaluation pathway provided high inter-rater and inter-recording agreement. Regain of consciousness in patients with bilaterally absent cortical SSEPs rarely occurs. High-amplitude cortical SSEP amplitudes likely indicate the absence of severe brain injury.
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- Noelle Aalberts
- Department of Neurology, AG Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Neurophysiology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, 22185, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 165, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Campus Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, AG Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- BIH Charité Junior Digital Clinician Scientist Program, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, 22185, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Intensive and Perioperative Care, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, 22185, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, AG Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, AG Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiac Arrest Center of Excellence Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiac Arrest Center of Excellence Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, AG Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, AG Emergency and Critical Care Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
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Lee HY, Jung YH, Mamadjonov N, Jeung KW, Lee BK, Kim T, Kim HJ, Gumucio JA, Salcido DD. Assessment of the Effects of Sodium Nitroprusside Administered Via Intracranial Subdural Catheters on the Cerebral Blood Flow and Lactate Using Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in a Pig Cardiac Arrest Model. J Am Heart Assoc 2023; 12:e029774. [PMID: 37776216 PMCID: PMC10727238 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.029774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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Background Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is impaired in the early phase after return of spontaneous circulation. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) administration via intracranial subdural catheters improves cerebral cortical microcirculation. We determined whether the SNP treatment improves CBF in the subcortical tissue and evaluated the effects of this treatment on cerebral lactate. Methods and Results Sixty minutes after return of spontaneous circulation following 14 minutes of untreated cardiac arrest, 14 minipigs randomly received 4 mg SNP or saline via intracranial subdural catheters. CBF was measured in regions of interest within the cerebrum and thalamus using dynamic susceptibility contrast-magnetic resonance imaging. After return of spontaneous circulation, CBF was expressed as a percentage of the baseline value. In the saline group, the %CBF in the regions of interest within the cerebrum remained at approximately 50% until 3.5 hours after return of spontaneous circulation, whereas %CBF in the thalamic regions of interest recovered to approximately 73% at this time point. The percentages of the baseline values in the cortical gray matter and subcortical white matter were higher in the SNP group (group effect P=0.026 and 0.025, respectively) but not in the thalamus. The cerebral lactate/creatine ratio measured using magnetic resonance spectroscopy increased over time in the saline group but not in the SNP group (group-time interaction P=0.035). The thalamic lactate/creatine ratio was similar in the 2 groups. Conclusions SNP administered via intracranial subdural catheters improved CBF not only in the cortical gray matter but also in the subcortical white matter. The CBF improvement by SNP was accompanied by a decrease in cerebral lactate.
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- Hyoung Youn Lee
- Trauma CenterChonnam National University HospitalGwangjuRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency MedicineChonnam National University HospitalGwangjuRepublic of Korea
- Department of Emergency MedicineChonnam National University Medical SchoolGwangjuRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Medical ScienceChonnam National University Graduate SchoolGwangjuRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency MedicineChonnam National University HospitalGwangjuRepublic of Korea
- Department of Emergency MedicineChonnam National University Medical SchoolGwangjuRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency MedicineChonnam National University HospitalGwangjuRepublic of Korea
- Department of Emergency MedicineChonnam National University Medical SchoolGwangjuRepublic of Korea
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- Medical Convergence Research CenterWonkwang UniversityIksanRepublic of Korea
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- Medical Science Research InstituteKyung Hee University HospitalSeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency MedicineSchool of Medicine University of PittsburghPittsburghPAUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineSchool of Medicine University of PittsburghPittsburghPAUSA
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Kromm J, Bencsik C, Soo A, Ainsworth C, Savard M, van Diepen S, Kramer A. Somatosensory evoked potential for post-arrest neuroprognostication. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE 2023; 12:532-539. [PMID: 37283039 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- Julie Kromm
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Département de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada
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Oishi T, Triplett JD, Laughlin RS, Hocker SE, Berini SE, Hoffman EM. Short-Acting Neuromuscular Blockade Improves Inter-rater Reliability of Median Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Post-cardiac arrest Prognostication. Neurocrit Care 2023; 38:600-611. [PMID: 36123569 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-022-01601-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials are routinely used for prognostication in comatose cardiac arrest survivors, myogenic artifact can reduce inter-rater reliability, leading to unreliable or inaccurate results. To minimize this risk, we determined the benefit of neuromuscular blockade agents in improving the inter-rater reliability and signal-to-noise ratio of SSEPs in the context of prognostication. METHODS Thirty comatose survivors of cardiac arrest were enrolled in the study, following the request from an intensivist to complete an SSEP for prognostication. Right and left median nerve SSEPs were obtained from each patient, before and after administration of an NMB agent. Clinical histories and outcomes were retrospectively reviewed. The SSEP recordings before and after NMB were randomized and reviewed by five blinded raters, who assessed the latency and amplitude of cortical and noncortical potentials (vs. absence of response) as well as the diagnostic quality of cortical recordings. The inter-rater reliability of SSEP interpretation before and after NMB was compared via Fleiss' κ score. RESULTS Following NMB administration, Fleiss' κ score for cortical SSEP interpretation significantly improved from 0.37 to 0.60, corresponding to greater agreement among raters. The raters were also less likely to report the cortical recordings as nondiagnostic following NMB (40.7% nondiagnostic SSEPs pre-NMB; 17% post-NMB). The SNR significantly improved following NMB, especially when the pre-NMB SNR was low (< 10 dB). Across the raters, there were three patients whose SSEP interpretation changed from bilaterally absent to bilaterally present after NMB was administered (potential false positives without NMB). CONCLUSIONS NMB significantly improves the inter-rater reliability and SNR of median SSEPs for prognostication among comatose cardiac arrest survivors. To ensure the most reliable prognostic information in comatose post-cardiac arrest survivors, pharmacologic paralysis should be consistently used before recording SSEPs.
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- Tatsuya Oishi
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA
- Department of Neurology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA
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Blood-brain barrier disruption as a cause of various serum neuron-specific enolase cut-off values for neurological prognosis in cardiac arrest patients. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2186. [PMID: 35140324 PMCID: PMC8828866 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06233-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We compared the cut-off and prognostic value of serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) between groups with and without severe blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption to reveal that a cause of various serum NSE cut-off value for neurological prognosis is severe BBB disruption in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients underwent target temperature management (TTM). This was a prospective, single-centre study conducted from January 2019 to June 2021. Severe BBB disruption was indicated using cerebrospinal fluid-serum albumin quotient values > 0.02. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of serum NSE obtained on day 3 of hospitalisation to predict poor outcomes was used. In patients with poor neurologic outcomes, serum NSE in those with severe BBB disruption was higher than in those without (P = 0.006). A serum NSE cut-off value of 40.4 μg/L for poor outcomes in patients without severe BBB disruption had a sensitivity of 41.7% and a specificity of 96.0%, whereas a cut-off value of 34.6 μg/L in those with severe BBB disruption had a sensitivity of 86.4% and a specificity of 100.0%. We demonstrated that the cut-off and prognostic value of serum NSE were heterogeneous, depending on severe BBB disruption in OHCA patients treated with TTM.
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Sharma K, John M, Zhang S, Gronseth G. Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase Thresholds for Predicting Postcardiac Arrest Outcome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Neurology 2022; 98:e62-e72. [PMID: 34663643 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To determine thresholds of serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest with >95% specificity using a unique method of multiple thresholds meta-analysis. METHODS Data from a systematic review by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC 2014) were updated with literature searches from PubMed, Cochrane, and Scopus until August 2020. Search terms included the MeSH terms "heart arrest" and "biomarkers" and the text words "cardiac arrest," "neuron specific enolase," "coma" and "prognosis." Cohort studies with comatose cardiac arrest survivors aged >16 years undergoing targeted temperature management (TTM) and NSE levels within 96 hours of resuscitation were included. Poor outcome was defined as cerebral performance category 3-5 at hospital discharge or later. Studies without extractable contingency tables were excluded. A multiple thresholds meta-analysis model was used to generate summary receiver operating characteristic curves for various time points. NSE thresholds (and 95% prediction intervals) for >95% specificity were calculated. Evidence appraisal was performed using a method adapted from the American Academy of Neurology grading criteria. RESULTS Data from 11 studies (n = 1,982) at 0-24 hours, 21 studies (n = 2,815) at 24-48 hours, and 13 studies (n = 2,557) at 48-72 hours was analyzed. Areas under the curve for prediction of poor outcomes were significantly larger at 24-48 hours and 48-72 hours compared to 0-24 hours (0.82 and 0.83 vs 0.64). Quality of evidence was very low for most studies because of the risk of incorporation bias-knowledge of NSE levels potentially influenced life support withdrawal decisions. To minimize falsely pessimistic predictions, NSE thresholds at the upper 95% limit of prediction intervals are reported. For prediction of poor outcome with specificity >95%, upper limits of the prediction interval for NSE were 70.4 ng/mL at 24-48 hours and 58.6 ng/mL at 48-72 hours. Sensitivity analyses excluding studies with inconsistent TTM use or different outcome criteria did not substantially alter the results. CONCLUSIONS NSE thresholds for highly specific prediction of poor outcome are much higher than generally used. Future studies must minimize bias by masking treatment teams to the results of potential predictors and by prespecifying criteria for withdrawal of life support.
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- Kartavya Sharma
- From the Departments of Neurology (K.S., M.J.) and Population and Data Sciences (S.Z.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; and Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
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- From the Departments of Neurology (K.S., M.J.) and Population and Data Sciences (S.Z.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; and Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
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- From the Departments of Neurology (K.S., M.J.) and Population and Data Sciences (S.Z.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; and Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
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- From the Departments of Neurology (K.S., M.J.) and Population and Data Sciences (S.Z.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; and Department of Neurology (G.G.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
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Scarpino M, Lanzo G, Bonizzoli M, Troiano S, Baldanzi F, Lolli F, Grippo A. Bilateral reappearance of the cortical SEP in a comatose patient after cardiac arrest: pitfall or reality? Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 136:58-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Clinical Significance of Gray to White Matter Ratio after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Children. CHILDREN 2022; 9:children9010036. [PMID: 35053661 PMCID: PMC8774629 DOI: 10.3390/children9010036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) successfully restores systemic circulation approximately 50% of the time; however, many successfully restored patients have severe neurologic damage. In adults, the gray matter to white matter attenuation ratio (GWR) in brain computed tomography (CT) correlates with the neurologic outcome. However, in children, the clinical significance of GWR still remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of children who underwent CPR for cardiac arrest according to the survival and to demonstrate the differentiation of grey/white matter by Hounsfield units of brain CT and to characterize the attenuations of grey and white matters. Methods: This is a retrospective single-center study. We enrolled those who underwent brain CT within 24 h after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) from January 2005 to June 2018. Brain CTs were taken within 24 h of ROSC. We measured the attenuation of grey and white matter in Hounsfield units and calculated GWR. They were compared with healthy controls. Patients were analyzed as follows: survivors vs. non-survivors and better neurologic outcome vs. worse neurologic outcome. Results: Among 100 pediatric patients who had CPR, 56 met inclusion criteria. There were 24 patients who survived and 32 non-survivors. Our study revealed that the incidence of seizure, duration of CPR, and instances of hypothermia were significantly different between survivors and non-survivors. In both survivors and non-survivors, the attenuation of the caudate nucleus, putamen, GWR-basal ganglia, and average GWR were significantly different from controls. In regression analyses, the medial cortex and average GWR were the significant variables to predict survival, and the receiver operating curves revealed areas under curve of 0.733 and 0.666, respectively. Also, the medial cortex 1 was the only variable that predicted the neurologic outcome. Conclusions: There was some predictive survival value of GWR and medial cortex at the centrum semiovale level in early brain CT within 24 h after cardiac arrest. Although we could not find the predictive value of GWR in the neurologic outcome of pediatric patients, we found that the absolute attenuation of the medial cortex was low in patients with worse neurologic outcomes. Further prospective, multicenter studies are needed to determine the predictive value of GWR and the medial cortex.
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Sandroni C, Cronberg T, Sekhon M. Brain injury after cardiac arrest: pathophysiology, treatment, and prognosis. Intensive Care Med 2021; 47:1393-1414. [PMID: 34705079 PMCID: PMC8548866 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06548-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Post-cardiac arrest brain injury (PCABI) is caused by initial ischaemia and subsequent reperfusion of the brain following resuscitation. In those who are admitted to intensive care unit after cardiac arrest, PCABI manifests as coma, and is the main cause of mortality and long-term disability. This review describes the mechanisms of PCABI, its treatment options, its outcomes, and the suggested strategies for outcome prediction.
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- Claudio Sandroni
- Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. .,Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Leithner C. Neuron specific enolase after cardiac arrest: From 33 to 60 to 100 to NFL? Resuscitation 2021; 168:234-236. [PMID: 34627863 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Christoph Leithner
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neurology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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The effect of Glibenclamide on somatosensory evoked potentials after cardiac arrest in rats. Neurocrit Care 2021; 36:612-620. [PMID: 34599418 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01350-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Science continues to search for a neuroprotective drug therapy to improve outcomes after cardiac arrest (CA). The use of glibenclamide (GBC) has shown promise in preclinical studies, but its effects on neuroprognostication tools are not well understood. We aimed to investigate the effect of GBC on somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) waveform recovery post CA and how this relates to the early prediction of functional outcome, with close attention to arousal and somatosensory recovery, in a rodent model of CA. METHODS Sixteen male Wistar rats were subjected to 8-min asphyxia CA and assigned to GBC treatment (n = 8) or control (n = 8) groups. GBC was administered as a loading dose of 10 μg/kg intraperitoneally 10 min after the return of spontaneous circulation, followed by a maintenance dosage of 1.6 μg/kg every 8 h for 24 h. SSEPs were recorded from baseline until 150 min following CA. Coma recovery, arousal, and brainstem function, measured by subsets of the neurological deficit score (NDS), were compared between both groups. SSEP N10 amplitudes were compared between the two groups at 30, 60, 90, and 120 min post CA. RESULTS Rats treated with GBC had higher sub-NDS scores post CA, with improved arousal and brainstem function recovery (P = 0.007). Both groups showed a gradual improvement of SSEP N10 amplitude over time, from 30 to 120 min post CA. Rats treated with GBC showed significantly better SSEP recovery at every time point (P < 0.001 for 30, 60, and 90 min; P = 0.003 for 120 min). In the GBC group, the N10 amplitude recovered to baseline by 120 min post CA. Quantified Cresyl violet staining revealed a significantly greater percentage of damage in the control group compared with the GBC treatment group (P = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS Glibenclamide improves coma recovery, arousal, and brainstem function after CA with decreased number of ischemic neurons in a rat model. GBC improves SSEP recovery post CA, with N10 amplitude reaching the baseline value by 120 min, suggesting early electrophysiologic recovery with this treatment. This medication warrants further exploration as a potential drug therapy to improve functional outcomes in patients after CA.
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Automated Assessment of Brain CT After Cardiac Arrest-An Observational Derivation/Validation Cohort Study. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:e1212-e1222. [PMID: 34374503 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Objectives Prognostication of outcome is an essential step in defining therapeutic goals after cardiac arrest. Gray-white-matter ratio obtained from brain CT can predict poor outcome. However, manual placement of regions of interest is a potential source of error and interrater variability. Our objective was to assess the performance of poor outcome prediction by automated quantification of changes in brain CTs after cardiac arrest. Design Observational, derivation/validation cohort study design. Outcome was determined using the Cerebral Performance Category upon hospital discharge. Poor outcome was defined as death or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/coma. CTs were automatically decomposed using coregistration with a brain atlas. Setting ICUs at a large, academic hospital with circulatory arrest center. Patients We identified 433 cardiac arrest patients from a large previously established database with brain CTs within 10 days after cardiac arrest. Interventions None. Measurements and Main Results Five hundred sixteen brain CTs were evaluated (derivation cohort n = 309, validation cohort n = 207). Patients with poor outcome had significantly lower radiodensities in gray matter regions. Automated GWR_si (putamen/posterior limb of internal capsule) was performed with an area under the curve of 0.86 (95%-CI: 0.80-0.93) for CTs taken later than 24 hours after cardiac arrest (similar performance in the validation cohort). Poor outcome (Cerebral Performance Category 4-5) was predicted with a specificity of 100% (95% CI, 87-100%, derivation; 88-100%, validation) at a threshold of less than 1.10 and a sensitivity of 49% (95% CI, 36-58%, derivation) and 38% (95% CI, 27-50%, validation) for CTs later than 24 hours after cardiac arrest. Sensitivity and area under the curve were lower for CTs performed within 24 hours after cardiac arrest. Conclusions Automated gray-white-matter ratio from brain CT is a promising tool for prediction of poor neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest with high specificity and low-to-moderate sensitivity. Prediction by gray-white-matter ratio at the basal ganglia level performed best. Sensitivity increased considerably for CTs performed later than 24 hours after cardiac arrest.
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Treatment and Prognosis After Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11940-021-00682-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Improved understanding of post-cardiac arrest syndrome and clinical practices such as targeted temperature management have led to improved mortality in this cohort. Attention has now been placed on development of tools to aid in predicting functional outcome in comatose cardiac arrest survivors. Current practice uses a multimodal approach including physical examination, neuroimaging, and electrophysiologic data, with a primary utility in predicting poor functional outcome. These modalities remain confounded by self-fulfilling prophecy and the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies. To date, a reliable measure to predict good functional outcome has not been established or validated, but the use of quantitative somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) shows potential for this use. MEDLINE and EMBASE search using words "Cardiac Arrest" and "SSEP," "Somato sensory evoked potentials," "qSSEP," "quantitative SSEP," "targeted temperature management in cardiac arrest" was conducted. Relevant recent studies on targeted temperature management in cardiac arrest, plus studies on SSEP in cardiac arrest in the setting of hypothermia and without hypothermia, were included. In addition, animal studies evaluating the role of different components of SSEP in cardiac arrest were reviewed. SSEP is a specific indicator of poor outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients but lacks sensitivity and has not clinically been established to foresee good outcomes. Novel methods of analyzing quantitative SSEP (qSSEP) signals have shown potential to predict good outcomes in animal and human studies. In addition, qSSEP has potential to track cerebral recovery and guide treatment strategy in post-cardiac arrest patients. Lying beyond the current clinical practice of dichotomized absent/present N20 peaks, qSSEP has the potential to emerge as one of the earliest predictors of good outcome in comatose post-cardiac arrest patients. Validation of qSSEP markers in prospective studies to predict good and poor outcomes in the cardiac arrest population in the setting of hypothermia could advance care in cardiac arrest. It has the prospect to guide allocation of health care resources and reduce self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Nolan JP, Sandroni C, Böttiger BW, Cariou A, Cronberg T, Friberg H, Genbrugge C, Haywood K, Lilja G, Moulaert VRM, Nikolaou N, Olasveengen TM, Skrifvars MB, Taccone F, Soar J. Postreanimationsbehandlung. Notf Rett Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10049-021-00892-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Iaccarino C, Lippa L, Munari M, Castioni CA, Robba C, Caricato A, Pompucci A, Signoretti S, Zona G, Rasulo FA. Management of intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury: a best clinical practice adoption proposal for intracranial pressure monitoring and decompressive craniectomy. Joint statements by the Traumatic Brain Injury Section of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery (SINch) and the Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Study Group of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI). J Neurosurg Sci 2021; 65:219-238. [PMID: 34184860 DOI: 10.23736/s0390-5616.21.05383-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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No robust evidence is provided by literature regarding the management of intracranial hypertension following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This is mostly due to the lack of prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the presence of studies containing extreme heterogeneously collected populations and controversial considerations about chosen outcome. A scientific society should provide guidelines for care management and scientific support for those areas for which evidence-based medicine has not been identified. However, RCTs in severe TBI have failed to establish intervention effectiveness, arising the need to make greater use of tools such as Consensus Conferences between experts, which have the advantage of providing recommendations based on experience, on the analysis of updated literature data and on the direct comparison of different logistic realities. The Italian scientific societies should provide guidelines following the national laws ruling the best medical practice. However, many limitations do not allow the collection of data supporting high levels of evidence for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and decompressive craniectomy (DC) in patients with severe TBI. This intersociety document proposes best practice guidelines for this subsetting of patients to be adopted on a national Italian level, along with joint statements from "TBI Section" of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery (SINch) endorsed by the Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Study Group of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI). Presented here is a recap of recommendations on management of ICP and DC supported a high level of available evidence and rate of agreement expressed by the assemblies during the more recent consensus conferences, where members of both groups have had a role of active participants and supporters. The listed recommendations have been sent to a panel of experts consisting of the 107 members of the "TBI Section" of the SINch and the 111 members of the Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Study Group of the SIAARTI. The aim of the survey was to test a preliminary evaluation of the grade of predictable future adherence of the recommendations following this intersociety proposal. The following recommendations are suggested as representing best clinical practice, nevertheless, adoption of local multidisciplinary protocols regarding thresholds of ICP values, drug therapies, hemostasis management and perioperative care of decompressed patients is strongly recommended to improve treatment efficiency, to increase the quality of data collection and to provide more powerful evidence with future studies. Thus, for this future perspective a rapid overview of the role of the multimodal neuromonitoring in the optimal severe TBI management is also provided in this document. It is reasonable to assume that the recommendations reported in this paper will in future be updated by new observations arising from future trials. They are not binding, and this document should be offered as a guidance for clinical practice through an intersociety agreement, taking in consideration the low level of evidence.
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- Corrado Iaccarino
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena University Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ospedali Riuniti di Livorno, Livorno, Italy -
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, S. Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy
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- Division of Emergency-Urgency, Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy.,Department of Surgical and Medical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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van Soest TM, van Rootselaar AF, Admiraal MM, Potters WV, Koelman JHMT, Horn J. SSEP amplitudes add information for prognostication in postanoxic coma. Resuscitation 2021; 163:172-175. [PMID: 33848583 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) amplitude adds information for prediction of poor outcome in postanoxic coma. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study we included adult patients admitted after cardiac arrest between January 2010 and June 2018 who remained in coma and had SSEP recorded for prognostication. Outcome was dichotomized in poor (Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) 4-5) and good (CPC 1-3) at ICU discharge. Sensitivity of bilaterally absent N20 potential was calculated. In case the N20 potential was not bilaterally absent, the amplitude contralateral to stimulation side (baseline-N20, N20-P25, and maximum) was determined. At a specificity of 100%, SEPP amplitude sensitivities were determined for poor outcome. RESULTS SSEP recordings were performed in 197 patients of whom 57 had bilaterally absent N20 potentials. From 140 patients, 16 (11%) had a good outcome. The sensitivity for poor outcome of bilaterally absent N20 was 31%. At a specificity of 100%, contralateral amplitude thresholds were 0.34 μV (baseline-N20), 0.99 μV (N20-P25) and 1.0 μV (maximum), corresponding to a sensitivity for poor outcome of 38%, 44% and 40%. Combination of bilaterally absent N20 and a N20-P25 threshold below 0.99 μV yielded a sensitivity of 62%. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm that very low cortical SSEP amplitudes are highly predictive of poor outcome in patients with postanoxic coma. Adding 'N20-P25 threshold amplitude' to the 'bilaterally absent N20' criterion, increased sensitivity substantially.
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- Thijs M van Soest
- Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Du L, Zheng K, Feng L, Cao Y, Niu Z, Song Z, Liu Z, Liu X, Xiang X, Zhou Q, Xiong H, Chen F, Zhang G, Ma Q. The first national survey on practices of neurological prognostication after cardiac arrest in China, still a lot to do. Int J Clin Pract 2021; 75:e13759. [PMID: 33098255 DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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AIMS To investigate current awareness and practices of neurological prognostication in comatose cardiac arrest (CA) patients. METHODS An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 1600 emergency physicians in 75 hospitals which were selected randomly from China between January and July 2018. RESULTS 92.1% respondents fulfilled the survey. The predictive value of brain stem reflex, motor response and myoclonus was confirmed by 63.5%, 44.6% and 31.7% respondents, respectively. Only 30.7% knew that GWR value < 1.1 indicated poor prognosis and only 8.1% know the most commonly used SSEP N20. Status epilepticus, burst suppression and suppression were considered to predict poor outcome by only 35.0%, 27.4% and 20.9% respondents, respectively. Only 46.7% knew NSE and only 24.7% knew S-100. Only a few respondents knew that neurological prognostication should be performed later than 72 hours from CA either in TTM or non-TTM patients. In practice, the most commonly used method was clinical examination (85.4%). Only 67.9% had used brain CT for prognosis and 18.4% for MRI. NSE (39.6%) was a little more widely used than S-100β (18.0%). However, SSEP (4.4%) and EEG (11.4%) were occasionally performed. CONCLUSIONS Neurological prognostication in CA survivors had not been well understood and performed by emergency physicians in China. They were more likely to use clinical examination rather than objective tools, especially SSEP and EEG, which also illustrated that multimodal approach was not well performed in practice.
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- Lanfang Du
- Emergency Department, The Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Emergency Department, The Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Emergency Department, The Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Emergency Department, West China Hospital, Chengdu City, China
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- Emergency Department, West China Hospital, Chengdu City, China
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- Emergency Department, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Emergency Department, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Emergency Department, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen City, China
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- Emergency Department, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Emergency Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Innor Mongolia Medical University, Huherhaote City, China
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- Emergency Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Emergency Department, The Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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Nolan JP, Sandroni C, Böttiger BW, Cariou A, Cronberg T, Friberg H, Genbrugge C, Haywood K, Lilja G, Moulaert VRM, Nikolaou N, Olasveengen TM, Skrifvars MB, Taccone F, Soar J. European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines 2021: post-resuscitation care. Intensive Care Med 2021; 47:369-421. [PMID: 33765189 PMCID: PMC7993077 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06368-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 464] [Impact Index Per Article: 154.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) have collaborated to produce these post-resuscitation care guidelines for adults, which are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations. The topics covered include the post-cardiac arrest syndrome, diagnosis of cause of cardiac arrest, control of oxygenation and ventilation, coronary reperfusion, haemodynamic monitoring and management, control of seizures, temperature control, general intensive care management, prognostication, long-term outcome, rehabilitation and organ donation.
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- Jerry P. Nolan
- University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
- Royal United Hospital, Bath, BA1 3NG UK
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- Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Cochin University Hospital (APHP) and University of Paris (Medical School), Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Neurology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Acute Medicine Research Pole, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Emergency Department, University Hospitals Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Warwick Research in Nursing, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Room A108, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Cardiology Department, Konstantopouleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Emergency Care and Services, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, BS10 5NB UK
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Nolan JP, Sandroni C, Böttiger BW, Cariou A, Cronberg T, Friberg H, Genbrugge C, Haywood K, Lilja G, Moulaert VRM, Nikolaou N, Mariero Olasveengen T, Skrifvars MB, Taccone F, Soar J. European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Guidelines 2021: Post-resuscitation care. Resuscitation 2021; 161:220-269. [PMID: 33773827 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 375] [Impact Index Per Article: 125.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) have collaborated to produce these post-resuscitation care guidelines for adults, which are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science with Treatment Recommendations. The topics covered include the post-cardiac arrest syndrome, diagnosis of cause of cardiac arrest, control of oxygenation and ventilation, coronary reperfusion, haemodynamic monitoring and management, control of seizures, temperature control, general intensive care management, prognostication, long-term outcome, rehabilitation, and organ donation.
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- Jerry P Nolan
- University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; Royal United Hospital, Bath, BA1 3NG, UK.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Cochin University Hospital (APHP) and University of Paris (Medical School), Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Neurology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Acute Medicine Research Pole, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC) Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; Emergency Department, University Hospitals Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Warwick Research in Nursing, Room A108, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund, Sweden
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Cardiology Department, Konstantopouleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Emergency Care and Services, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK
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Ritzenthaler T, Gobert F, Bouchier B, Dailler F. Amount of blood during the subacute phase and clot clearance rate as prognostic factors for delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Clin Neurosci 2021; 87:74-79. [PMID: 33863538 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is a poorly predictable complication occurring after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) that can have dramatic functional consequences. Identifying the patients with the highest risk of DCI may help to institute more suitable monitoring and therapy. Early brain injuries and aneurysm-securing procedure complications could be regarded as confounding factors leading to severity misjudgment. After an early resuscitation phase, a subacute assessment may be more relevant to integrate the intrinsic SAH severity. A retrospective analysis was performed upon patients prospectively included in the registry of SAH patients between July 2015 to April 2020. The amount of cisternal and intraventricular blood were assessed semi-quantitatively on acute and subacute CT scans performed after early resuscitation. A clot clearance rate was calculated from their comparison. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of a DCI. A total of 349 patients were included in the study; 80 (22.9%) experienced DCI. In those patients, higher Fisher grades were observed on acute (p = 0.026) and subacute (p = 0.003) CT scans. On the subacute CT scan, patients who experienced DCI had a higher amount of blood, either at the cisternal (median Hijdra sum score: 11 vs 5, p < 0.001) or intraventricular (median Graeb score: 4 vs 2, p < 0.001) level. There was a negative linear relationship between the cisternal clot clearance rate and the risk of DCI. The assessment of the amount of subarachnoid blood and clot clearance following resuscitation after aneurysmal SAH can be useful for the prediction of neurological outcome.
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- Thomas Ritzenthaler
- Service de réanimation neurologique, Hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69 bld Pinel, 69650 BRON Cedex, France.
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- Service de réanimation neurologique, Hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69 bld Pinel, 69650 BRON Cedex, France
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- Service de réanimation neurologique, Hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69 bld Pinel, 69650 BRON Cedex, France
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- Service de réanimation neurologique, Hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69 bld Pinel, 69650 BRON Cedex, France
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Vallabhajosyula S, Verghese D, Desai VK, Sundaragiri PR, Miller VM. Sex differences in acute cardiovascular care: a review and needs assessment. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 118:667-685. [PMID: 33734314 PMCID: PMC8859628 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Despite significant progress in the care of patients suffering from cardiovascular disease, there remains a persistent sex disparity in the diagnosis, management, and outcomes of these patients. These sex disparities are seen across the spectrum of cardiovascular care, but, are especially pronounced in acute cardiovascular care. The spectrum of acute cardiovascular care encompasses critically ill or tenuous patients with cardiovascular conditions that require urgent or emergent decision-making and interventions. In this narrative review, the disparities in the clinical course, management, and outcomes of six commonly encountered acute cardiovascular conditions, some with a known sex-predilection will be discussed within the basis of underlying sex differences in physiology, anatomy, and pharmacology with the goal of identifying areas where improvement in clinical approaches are needed.
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- Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, MN, USA.,Section of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Amita Health Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.,Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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McDevitt WM, Quinn L, Bill PR, Morris KP, Scholefield BR, Seri S. Reliability in the assessment of paediatric somatosensory evoked potentials post cardiac arrest. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:765-769. [PMID: 33571884 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To measure inter- and intra-rater agreement in the interpretation of cortical somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) components following paediatric cardiac arrest (CA) in multi-professional neurophysiology teams. METHODS Thirteen professionals blinded to patient outcome interpreted 96 SSEPs in paediatric patients 24-/48-/72-hours following CA. Of these, 34 were duplicates used to assess intra-rater agreement. Consistent interpretations (absent/present/indeterminate) between scientists (who record/identify SSEP components) and neurophysiologists (who provide prognostic SSEP interpretation) were expressed as percentages. Rates of agreement were calculated using Fleiss' kappa coefficient (K). RESULTS Unanimous agreement between professionals was present in 40% (95%CI: 28-54%) of the interpreted SSEPs, with a K value of 0.62 (95%CI: 0.55-0.70) based on average agreement. Agreement was similar between neurophysiologists (K = 0.67; 95%CI: 0.57-0.77) and scientists (K = 0.62; 95%CI: 0.54-0.70) but lower in patients < 2 years old (K = 0.23; 95%CI: 0.14-0.33) and in those with poor outcome (K = 0.21; 95%CI: 0.07-0.35). No SSEP was unanimously interpreted as absent and 92% (95%CI: 89-95%) of duplicate SSEPs were interpreted consistently. CONCLUSION Despite substantial agreement when interpreting prognostic SSEPs, this was significantly lower in children with poor outcome and of younger age. SIGNIFICANCE Clinicians using SSEPs in the intensive care unit should be aware of the inter-rater variability when interpreting SSEPs as absent.
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- William M McDevitt
- Department of Neurophysiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK; Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Aston Brain Centre, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, UK
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Carrai R, Spalletti M, Scarpino M, Lolli F, Lanzo G, Cossu C, Bonizzoli M, Socci F, Lazzeri C, Amantini A, Grippo A. Are neurophysiologic tests reliable, ultra-early prognostic indices after cardiac arrest? Neurophysiol Clin 2021; 51:133-144. [PMID: 33573889 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Determining early and reliable prognosis in comatose subjects after cardiac arrest is a central component of post-cardiac arrest care both for developing realistic prognostic expectations for families, and for better determining which resources are mobilized or withheld for individual patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prognostic accuracy of EEG and SEP patterns during the very early period (within the first 6 h) after cardiac arrest. METHODS We retrospectively analysed comatose patients after CA, either inside or outside the hospital, in which prognostic evaluation was made during the first 6 h from CA. Prognostic evaluation comprised clinical evaluation (GCS and pupillary light reflex) and neurophysiological (electroencephalography (EEG) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP)) studies. Prognosis was evaluated with regards to likelihood of recovery of consciousness and also likelihood of failure to regain consciousness. RESULTS Forty-one comatose patients after cardiac arrest were included. All patients with continuous and nearly continuous EEG recovered consciousness. Isoelectric EEG was always associated with poor outcome. Burst-suppression, suppression and discontinuous patterns were usually associated with poor outcome although some consciousness recovery was observed. Bilaterally absent SEP responses were always associated with poor outcome. Continuous and nearly continuous EEG patterns were never associated with bilaterally absent SEP. CONCLUSIONS During the very early period following cardiac arrest (first 6 h), EEG and SEP maintain their high predictive value to predict respectively recovery and failure of recovery of consciousness. A very early EEG exam allows identification of patients with very high probability of a good outcome, allowing rapid use of the most appropriate therapeutic procedures.
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- Riccardo Carrai
- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy; IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy.
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy; IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy; IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Mario Serio, Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Unità di Terapia Intensiva, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Unità di Terapia Intensiva, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Unità di Terapia Intensiva, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy; IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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McDevitt WM, Rowberry TA, Davies P, Bill PR, Notghi LM, Morris KP, Scholefield BR. The Prognostic Value of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Children After Cardiac Arrest: The SEPIA Study. J Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 38:30-35. [PMID: 31702709 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Absent cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) reliably predict poor neurologic outcome in adults after cardiac arrest (CA). However, there is less evidence to support this in children. In addition, targeted temperature management, test timing, and a lack of blinding may affect test accuracy. METHODS A single-center, prospective cohort study of pediatric (aged 24 hours to 15 years) patients in which prognostic value of SSEPs were assessed 24, 48, and 72 hours after CA. Targeted temperature management (33-34°C for 24 hours) followed by gradual rewarming to 37°C was used. Somatosensory evoked potentials were graded as present, absent, or indeterminate, and results were blinded to clinicians. Neurologic outcome was graded as "good" (score 1-3) or "poor" (4-6) using the Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category scale 30 days after CA and blinded to SSEP interpreter. RESULTS Twelve patients (median age, 12 months; interquartile range, 2-150; 92% male) had SSEPs interpreted as absent (6/12) or present (6/12) <72 hours after CA. Outcome was good in 7 of 12 patients (58%) and poor in 5 of 12 patients (42%). Absent SSEPs predicted poor outcome with 88% specificity (95% confidence interval, 53% to 98%). One patient with an absent SSEP had good outcome (Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category 3), and all patients with present SSEPs had good outcome (specificity 100%; 95% confidence interval, 51% to 100%). Absence or presence of SSEP was consistent across 24-hour (temperature = 34°C), 48-hour (t = 36°C), and 72-hour (t = 36°C) recordings after CA. CONCLUSIONS Results support SSEP utility when predicting favorable outcome; however, predictions resulting in withdrawal of life support should be made with caution and never in isolation because in this very small sample there was a false prediction of unfavorable outcome. Further prospective, blinded studies are needed and encouraged.
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- William M McDevitt
- Department of Neurophysiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Child Health, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom ; and
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Does a combination of ≥2 abnormal tests vs. the ERC-ESICM stepwise algorithm improve prediction of poor neurological outcome after cardiac arrest? A post-hoc analysis of the ProNeCA multicentre study. Resuscitation 2020; 160:158-167. [PMID: 33338571 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bilaterally absent pupillary light reflexes (PLR) or N20 waves of short-latency evoked potentials (SSEPs) are recommended by the 2015 ERC-ESICM guidelines as robust, first-line predictors of poor neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. However, recent evidence shows that the false positive rates (FPRs) of these tests may be higher than previously reported. We investigated if testing accuracy is improved when combining PLR/SSEPs with malignant electroencephalogram (EEG), oedema on brain computed tomography (CT), or early status myoclonus (SM). METHODS Post-hoc analysis of ProNeCA multicentre prognostication study. We compared the prognostic accuracy of the ERC-ESICM prognostication strategy vs. that of a new strategy combining ≥2 abnormal results from any of PLR, SSEPs, EEG, CT and SM. We also investigated if using alternative classifications for abnormal SSEPs (absent-pathological vs. bilaterally-absent N20) or malignant EEG (ACNS-defined suppression or burst-suppression vs. unreactive burst-suppression or status epilepticus) improved test sensitivity. RESULTS We assessed 210 adult comatose resuscitated patients of whom 164 (78%) had poor neurological outcome (CPC 3-5) at six months. FPRs and sensitivities of the ≥2 abnormal test strategy vs. the ERC-ESICM algorithm were 0[0-8]% vs. 7 [1-18]% and 49[41-57]% vs. 63[56-71]%, respectively (p < .0001). Using alternative SSEP/EEG definitions increased the number of patients with ≥2 concordant test results and the sensitivity of both strategies (67[59-74]% and 54[46-61]% respectively), with no loss of specificity. CONCLUSIONS In comatose resuscitated patients, a prognostication strategy combining ≥2 among PLR, SSEPs, EEG, CT and SM was more specific than the 2015 ERC-ESICM prognostication algorithm for predicting 6-month poor neurological outcome.
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Good outcome despite absence of cortical somatosensory evoked potentials after cardiac arrest: Fact or artifact? Case report and literature review. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2537-2539. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Neuron-specific enolase and neuroimaging for prognostication after cardiac arrest treated with targeted temperature management. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239979. [PMID: 33002033 PMCID: PMC7529296 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prognostication after cardiac arrest (CA) needs a multimodal approach, but the optimal method is not known. We tested the hypothesis that the combination of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and neuroimaging could improve outcome prediction after CA treated with targeted temperature management (TTM). METHODS A retrospective observational cohort study was performed on patients who underwent at least one NSE measurement between 48 and 72 hr; received both a brain computed tomography (CT) scan within 24 hr and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) within 7 days after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC); and were treated with TTM after out-of-hospital CA between 2009 and 2017 at the Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in Korea. The primary outcome was a poor neurological outcome at 6 months after CA, defined as a cerebral performance category of 3-5. RESULTS A total of 109 subjects underwent all three tests and were ultimately included in this study. Thirty-four subjects (31.2%) experienced good neurological outcomes at 6 months after CA. The gray matter to white matter attenuation ratio (GWR) was weakly correlated with the mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), PV400 and NSE (Spearman's rho: 0.359, -0.362 and -0.263, respectively). NSE was strongly correlated with the mean ADC and PV400 (Spearman's rho: -0.623 and 0.666, respectively). Serum NSE had the highest predictive value among the single parameters (area under the curve (AUC) 0.912, sensitivity 70.7% for maintaining 100% specificity). The combination of a DWI parameter (mean ADC or PV400) and NSE had better prognostic performance than the combination of the CT parameter (GWR) and NSE. The addition of the GWR to a DWI parameter and NSE did not improve the prediction of neurological outcomes. CONCLUSION The GWR (≤ 24 hr) is weakly correlated with the mean ADC (≤ 7 days) and NSE (highest between 48 and 72 hr). The combination of a DWI parameter and NSE has better prognostic performance than the combination of the GWR and NSE. The addition of the GWR to a DWI parameter and NSE does not improve the prediction of neurological outcomes after CA treatment with TTM.
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An C, You Y, Park JS, Min JH, Jeong W, Ahn HJ, Kang C, Yoo I, Cho Y, Ryu S, Lee J, Kim SW, Cho SU, Oh SK, Lee IH. The cut-off value of a qualitative brain diffusion-weighted image (DWI) scoring system to predict poor neurologic outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients after target temperature management. Resuscitation 2020; 157:202-210. [PMID: 32931850 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.08.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIM We presented the cut-off value of a diffusion-weighted image (DWI) scoring system to predict poor neurologic outcome using DWI taken 72-96 h after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients underwent target temperature management (TTM). METHODS This was a prospective single-centre observational study, conducted from March 2018 to April 2020 in OHCA patients after TTM. Neurological status was assessed 6 months after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) using the Glasgow-Pittsburgh cerebral performance categories (CPC) scale. CPC of 1-2 demonstrated good neurologic outcomes whilst a CPC of 3-5 was related to poor neurologic outcomes. The receiver operating characteristic curves and DeLong method were used to evaluate the cut-off value of the DWI scoring system to predict poor neurologic outcome. RESULTS The good and poor neurologic outcome groups consisted of 38 (54.3%) and 32 (45.7%) patients, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of the overall, cortex, deep grey nuclei, and cortex plus deep grey nuclei scores, white matter, brainstem, and cerebellum measured 72-96 h after ROSC were 0.96, 0.96, 0.97, 0.96, 0.95, 0.95, and 0.93 respectively. For 100.0% specificity to predict poor neurologic outcome, the overall scores of the DWI scoring system measured 72-96 h after ROSC with a cut-off value of 52 had a sensitivity of 81.3% (95% CI: 63.6-92.8). CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that the DWI scoring systems measured between 72 and 96 h after ROSC were valuable tools to predict poor neurologic outcome in post-OHCA patients treated with TTM.
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- Changjoo An
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, 282, Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Sandroni C, D'Arrigo S, Cacciola S, Hoedemaekers CWE, Kamps MJA, Oddo M, Taccone FS, Di Rocco A, Meijer FJA, Westhall E, Antonelli M, Soar J, Nolan JP, Cronberg T. Prediction of poor neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: a systematic review. Intensive Care Med 2020; 46:1803-1851. [PMID: 32915254 PMCID: PMC7527362 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06198-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Purpose To assess the ability of clinical examination, blood biomarkers, electrophysiology, or neuroimaging assessed within 7 days from return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) to predict poor neurological outcome, defined as death, vegetative state, or severe disability (CPC 3–5) at hospital discharge/1 month or later, in comatose adult survivors from cardiac arrest (CA). Methods PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (January 2013–April 2020) were searched. Sensitivity and false-positive rate (FPR) for each predictor were calculated. Due to heterogeneities in recording times, predictor thresholds, and definition of some predictors, meta-analysis was not performed. Results Ninety-four studies (30,200 patients) were included. Bilaterally absent pupillary or corneal reflexes after day 4 from ROSC, high blood values of neuron-specific enolase from 24 h after ROSC, absent N20 waves of short-latency somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs) or unequivocal seizures on electroencephalogram (EEG) from the day of ROSC, EEG background suppression or burst-suppression from 24 h after ROSC, diffuse cerebral oedema on brain CT from 2 h after ROSC, or reduced diffusion on brain MRI at 2–5 days after ROSC had 0% FPR for poor outcome in most studies. Risk of bias assessed using the QUIPS tool was high for all predictors. Conclusion In comatose resuscitated patients, clinical, biochemical, neurophysiological, and radiological tests have a potential to predict poor neurological outcome with no false-positive predictions within the first week after CA. Guidelines should consider the methodological concerns and limited sensitivity for individual modalities. (PROSPERO CRD42019141169) Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00134-020-06198-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Claudio Sandroni
- Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli"- IRCCS, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli"- IRCCS, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli"- IRCCS, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Intensive Care Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of ClinicalSciences, Clinical Neurophysiology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli"- IRCCS, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Critical Care Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Determining Prognosis After a Cardiac Arrest: Role of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials*. Crit Care Med 2020; 48:1391-1392. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Comanducci A, Boly M, Claassen J, De Lucia M, Gibson RM, Juan E, Laureys S, Naccache L, Owen AM, Rosanova M, Rossetti AO, Schnakers C, Sitt JD, Schiff ND, Massimini M. Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2736-2765. [PMID: 32917521 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentialsis a cornerstone of the instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Thepast few years have witnessed an unprecedented surge in EEG-related research applied to the prediction and detection of recovery of consciousness after severe brain injury,opening up the prospect that new concepts and tools may be available at the bedside. This paper provides a comprehensive, critical overview of bothconsolidated and investigational electrophysiological techniquesfor the prognostic and diagnostic assessment of DoC.We describe conventional clinical EEG approaches, then focus on evoked and event-related potentials, and finally we analyze the potential of novel research findings. In doing so, we (i) draw a distinction between acute, prolonged and chronic phases of DoC, (ii) attempt to relate both clinical and research findings to the underlying neuronal processes and (iii) discuss technical and conceptual caveats.The primary aim of this narrative review is to bridge the gap between standard and emerging electrophysiological measures for the detection and prediction of recovery of consciousness. The ultimate scope is to provide a reference and common ground for academic researchers active in the field of neurophysiology and clinicians engaged in intensive care unit and rehabilitation.
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- A Comanducci
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neuroimagerie, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, N6A 5B7 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Coma Science Group, Centre du Cerveau, GIGA-Consciousness, University and University Hospital of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium; Fondazione Europea per la Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, Milan 20063, Italy
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- The Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, N6A 5B7 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Fondazione Europea per la Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, Milan 20063, Italy
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- Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Institute, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona, CA, USA
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Optimal combination of clinical examinations for neurologic prognostication of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. Resuscitation 2020; 155:91-99. [PMID: 32710915 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM Targeted temperature management (TTM) may alter the results of clinical examination and delay motor response recovery; hence, re-establishing the accuracy and optimal timing of performing clinical examinations are crucial. Therefore, we aimed to identify the optimal combination and timing of clinical examinations for predicting the neurologic outcomes in patients undergoing TTM. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected multicentre registry data. All enrolled patients were supposed to undergo pupil light reflex (PLR), corneal reflex (CR), and Glasgow Coma Scale for 7 days after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). We investigated the timing of each examination based on the ROSC and rewarming completion times. The primary outcome was poor neurologic outcome (cerebral performance category 3,4, or 5) at 6 months after cardiac arrest. RESULTS A total of 715 patients treated with TTM within 2 years, were enrolled. The PLR is more specific than the other examinations, and the specificity of the combination of PLR with CR was 100% 72 h after the ROSC or 24 h after rewarming completion. The sensitivity for the combination of PLR with CR 72 h after the ROSC was 55.3 (49.8-60.7) %, which was not different from that noted 24 h after rewarming completion (P = 0.65). CONCLUSION The combination of PLR with CR showed specificity approaching 100% 72 h after the ROSC or 24 h after rewarming completion. These findings can provide a clinical reference for predicting the neurological outcomes in patients undergoing TTM, especially in institutions without up-to-date facilities.
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Minami Y, Mishima S, Oda J. Prediction of the level of consciousness using pupillometer measurements in patients with impaired consciousness brought to the emergency and critical care center. Acute Med Surg 2020; 7:e537. [PMID: 32685175 PMCID: PMC7358821 DOI: 10.1002/ams2.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aim We investigated whether the level of consciousness can be predicted using pupillometer measurements in patients with severe disturbance of consciousness. Methods Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 3–8, except for those after cardiac arrest, were included. Pupillary contraction rate and contraction velocity were each measured using a pupillometer. Results Thirty‐five patients were analyzed. At the time of discharge or changing hospitals, 16 patients had a GCS score of 3–13 and 19 patients had a GCS score of 14–15. In the non‐sedative group at about the time of arrival at our hospital, average pupillary contraction rates were 18.36% in the GCS 3–13 group and 19.67% in the GCS 14–15 group (P = 0.739), and average pupillary contraction velocities were 1.02 and 1.48, respectively (P = 0.182). Approximately 48 h after arrival, average pupillary contraction rates were 21.18% and 29.27%, respectively (P = 0.058), and average pupillary contraction velocities were 1.37 and 1.91, respectively (P = 0.172). Among the sedative group, at about the time of arrival, average pupillary contraction rates were 8.75% in the GCS 3–13 group and 19.75% in the GCS 14–15 group (P = 0.032). Average pupillary contraction velocities were 0.34 and 1.48, respectively (P = 0.001). Approximately 48 h after arrival, average pupillary contraction rates were 13.50% and 13.50%, respectively (P = 1.00), and average pupillary contraction velocities were 0.80 and 0.82, respectively (P = 0.93). Conclusions Pupillometer measurements could predict level of consciousness of patients with severe consciousness disorder.
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- Yosuke Minami
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tokyo Medical University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tokyo Medical University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tokyo Medical University Tokyo Japan
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Baik M, Kim KM, Oh CM, Song D, Heo JH, Park YS, Wi J, Kim YS, Kim J, Ahn SS, Cho KH, Cho YJ. Cerebral Infarction Observed on Brain MRI in Unconscious Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Pilot Study. Neurocrit Care 2020; 34:248-258. [PMID: 32583193 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-00990-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cumulative evidence regarding the use of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for predicting prognosis of unconscious out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors treated with targeted temperature management (TTM) is available. Theoretically, these patients are at a high risk of developing cerebral infarction. However, there is a paucity of reports regarding the characteristics of cerebral infarction in this population. Thus, we performed a pilot study to identify the characteristics and risk factors of cerebral infarction and to evaluate whether this infarction is associated with clinical outcomes. METHODS A single-center, retrospective, registry-based cohort study was conducted at Severance Hospital, a tertiary center. Unconscious OHCA survivors were registered and treated with TTM between September 2011 and December 2015. We included patients who underwent brain MRI in the first week after the return of spontaneous circulation. We excluded patients who underwent any endovascular interventions to focus on "procedure-unrelated" cerebral infarctions. We assessed hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and procedure-unrelated cerebral infarction separately on MRI. Patients were categorized into the following groups based on MRI findings: HIE (-)/infarction (-), infarction-only, and HIE (+) groups. Conventional vascular risk factors showing p < 0.05 in univariate analyses were entered into multivariate logistic regression. We also evaluated if the presence of this procedure-unrelated cerebral infarction lesion or HIE was associated with a poor clinical outcome at discharge, defined as a cerebral performance category of 3-5. RESULTS Among 71 unconscious OHCA survivors who completed TTM, underwent MRI, and who did not undergo endovascular interventions, 14 (19.7%) patients had procedure-unrelated cerebral infarction based on MRI. Advancing age [odds ratio (OR) 1.11] and atrial fibrillation (OR 5.78) were independently associated with the occurrence of procedure-unrelated cerebral infarction (both p < 0.05). There were more patients with poor clinical outcomes at discharge in the HIE (+) group (88.1%) than in the infarction-only (30.0%) or HIE (-)/infarction (-) group (15.8%) (p < 0.001). HIE (+) (OR 38.69, p < 0.001) was independently associated with poor clinical outcomes at discharge, whereas infarction-only was not (p > 0.05), compared to HIE (-)/infarction (-). CONCLUSIONS In this pilot study, procedure-unrelated cerebral infarction was noted in approximately one-fifth of unconscious OHCA survivors who were treated with TTM and underwent MRI. Older age and atrial fibrillation might be associated with the occurrence of procedure-unrelated cerebral infarction, and cerebral infarction was not considered to be associated with clinical outcomes at discharge. Considering that the strict exclusion criteria in this pilot study resulted in a highly selected sample with a relatively small size, further work is needed to verify our findings.
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- Minyoul Baik
- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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Prognostic Value of P25/30 Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potential Amplitude After Cardiac Arrest*. Crit Care Med 2020; 48:1304-1311. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Scarpino M, Lanzo G, Amantini A, Grippo A. What is new about somatosensory evoked potentials as neurological predictors of comatose survivors after cardiac arrest? FUTURE NEUROLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.2217/fnl-2020-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Maenia Scarpino
- Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Italy
- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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- Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Italy
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- Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Italy
- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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- Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Italy
- SODc Neurofisiopatologia, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso, AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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The value of cerebrospinal fluid ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 protein as a prognostic predictor of neurologic outcome in post-cardiac arrest patients treated with targeted temperature management. Resuscitation 2020; 151:50-58. [PMID: 32272234 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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AIM We evaluated the prognostic value of serum- and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal esterase L1 protein (UCHL1) measurements in post- post-out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients treated with target temperature management (TTM), to predict neurologic outcome. METHODS This was a prospective single-centre observational cohort study, conducted from April 2018 to September 2019. Serum- and CSF-UCHL1 were obtained immediately (UCHL1initial), 24 h (UCHL124), 48 h (UCHL148), and 72 h (UCHL172) after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUROC) and Delong method were used to identify cut-off values of serum- and CSF-UCHL1initial, UCHL124, UCHL148, UCHL172 for predicting neurologic outcomes. RESULTS Of 38 patients enrolled, 16 comprised the poor outcome group. The AUROCs for serum- and CSF-UCHL1initial were 0.71 and 0.93 in predicting poor neurological outcomes, respectively (p = 0.01). The AUROCs for serum- and CSF-UCHL124 were 0.85 and 0.91 (p = 0.24). The AUROCs for serum- and CSF-UCHL148 were 0.90 and 0.97 (p = 0.07). The AUROCs for serum- and CSF-UCHL172 were 0.94 and 0.98 (p = 0.25). CONCLUSION Findings of this study demonstrate that CSF-UCHL1 measured immediately, 24, 48, and 72 h after ROSC is a valuable predictor for evaluating neurologic outcomes, whereas serum-UCHL1 measured at 24, 48, and 72 h after ROSC showed a significant performance in the prognostication of poor outcomes in post-OHCA patients treated with TTM.
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Electroencephalography in Predicting Short-Term Clinical Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest. Can J Neurol Sci 2020; 47:519-524. [PMID: 32264988 DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2020.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early consciousness recovery after cardiac arrest (CA) is one of the most explicit and self-evident prognostic factors for clinical outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of electroencephalography (EEG) phenotypes according to the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Critical Care EEG classification for predicting early recovery after CA. METHODS Consecutive patients admitted to the ICU after CA were enrolled. We analyzed Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score within 10 days after CA and evaluated mortality within 28 days according to EEG pattern subtype. RESULTS Among the total of 71 patients, 9 had periodic discharges (PDs) EEG pattern, 4 had rhythmic delta activity (RDA), 8 had spike-and-wave (SW), 22 had low voltage, 5 had burst suppression, and 23 had other EEG patterns. Initial GCS scores, GCS scores 3 days after CA (or 3 days after targeted temperature management [TTM]), and 10 days after CA (or 10 days after TTM) were significantly different among EEG subtypes (p < 0.001, respectively) (Table 2). GCS scores were significantly higher in RDA and the other EEG group compared to the PDs, SW, low voltage, and burst suppression groups (p < 0.001). Significant group × time interactions were observed for the follow-up period between EEG phenotypes (p < 0.001) demonstrating the most increase in the other EEG pattern group. CONCLUSIONS Consciousness states were significantly worse in the PDs, SW, burst suppression, and low-voltage groups compared to the RDA and the other EEG pattern within 10 days after CA. The degree of consciousness recovery differed significantly by EEG pattern subtype within 10 days.
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Late awakening, prognostic factors and long-term outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – results of the prospective Norwegian Cardio-Respiratory Arrest Study (NORCAST). Resuscitation 2020; 149:170-179. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Wang CH, Chang WT, Su KI, Huang CH, Tsai MS, Chou E, Lu TC, Chen WJ, Lee CC, Chen SC. Neuroprognostic accuracy of blood biomarkers for post-cardiac arrest patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2020; 148:108-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nobile L, Pognuz ER, Rossetti AO, Franchi F, Verginella F, Mavroudakis N, Creteur J, Berlot G, Oddo M, Taccone FS. The characteristics of patients with bilateral absent evoked potentials after post-anoxic brain damage: A multicentric cohort study. Resuscitation 2020; 149:134-140. [PMID: 32114066 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients with bilateral absence of cortical response (N20ABS) to somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) have poor neurological outcome after cardiac arrest (CA). However, SSEPs are not available in all centers. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of N20ABS. METHODS Retrospective analysis of institutional databases (2008-2015) in three ICUs including all adult admitted comatose patients undergoing SSEPs between 48 and 72 h after CA. We collected clinical (i.e. absence of pupillary reflexes, PLR, myoclonus and absent or posturing motor response and myoclonus on day 2-3), electroencephalographic (EEG; i.e. unreactive to painful stimuli; presence of a highly malignant patterns, such as burst-suppression or flat tracings) findings during the first 48 h, and the highest NSE levels on the first 3 days after CA. Unfavorable neurological outcome (UO) was assessed at 3 months using the Cerebral Performance Categories of 3-5. RESULTS We studied 532 patients with SSEPs, including 143 (27%) without N20ABS; UO was observed in 334 (63%) patients. Median time to SSEPs was 72 [48-72] h after CA. No patient with absent PLR and myoclonus during the ICU stay had N20 present; similar results were observed with the combination of absent PLR, myoclonus and any EEG pattern (i.e. unreactive or highly malignant). Similar results were observed in the subgroup of patients where NSE was available (n = 303). In a multivariate logistic regression, non-cardiac etiology of arrest, unreactive EEG to painful stimuli, absence of pupillary reflexes and posturing motor response, were independent predictors of N20ABS. When available, the highest NSE was also an independent predictor of N20ABS. CONCLUSIONS Clinical and EEG findings predicting patients with N20ABS, confirm that N20ABS reflects a severe and permanent cerebral damage after CA.
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- Leda Nobile
- Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (ASUITs), Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (ASUITs), Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (ASUITs), Italy
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Steinberg A, Elmer J. Prognostication after cardiac arrest: Are we thinking fast or thinking slow? Resuscitation 2020; 149:228-229. [PMID: 32032650 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Alexis Steinberg
- Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
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Maciel CB, Barden MM, Youn TS, Dhakar MB, Greer DM. Neuroprognostication Practices in Postcardiac Arrest Patients: An International Survey of Critical Care Providers. Crit Care Med 2020; 48:e107-e114. [PMID: 31939809 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To characterize approaches to neurologic outcome prediction by practitioners who assess prognosis in unconscious cardiac arrest individuals, and assess compliance to available guidelines. DESIGN International cross-sectional study. SETTING We administered a web-based survey to members of Neurocritical Care Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and American Academy of Neurology who manage unconscious cardiac arrest patients to characterize practitioner demographics and current neuroprognostic practice patterns. SUBJECTS Physicians that are members of aforementioned societies who care for successfully resuscitated cardiac arrest individuals. INTERVENTIONS Not applicable. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS A total of 762 physicians from 22 countries responses were obtained. A significant proportion of respondents used absent corneal reflexes (33.5%) and absent pupillary reflexes (36.2%) at 24 hours, which is earlier than the recommended 72 hours in the standard guidelines. Certain components of the neurologic examination may be overvalued, such as absent motor response or extensor posturing, which 87% of respondents considered being very or critically important prognostic indicators. Respondents continue to rely on myoclonic status epilepticus and neuroimaging, which were favored over median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials for prognostication, although the latter has been demonstrated to have a higher predictive value. Regarding definitive recommendations based on poor neurologic prognosis, most physicians seem to wait until the postarrest timepoints proposed by current guidelines, but up to 25% use premature time windows. CONCLUSIONS Neuroprognostic approaches to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy vary among physicians and are often not consistent with current guidelines. The overall inconsistency in approaches and deviation from evidence-based recommendations are concerning in this disease state where mortality is so integrally related to outcome prediction.
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- Carolina B Maciel
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Department of Neurology, UF-Health Shands Hospital, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Neurology, UF-Health Shands Hospital, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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OBJECTIVES To describe the sources of uncertainty in prognosticating devastating brain injury, the role of the intensivist in prognostication, and ethical considerations in prognosticating devastating brain injury in the ICU. DATA SOURCES A PubMed literature review was performed. STUDY SELECTION Articles relevant to prognosis in intracerebral hemorrhage, acute ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and postcardiac arrest anoxic encephalopathy were selected. DATA EXTRACTION Data regarding definition and prognosis of devastating brain injury were extracted. Themes related to how clinicians perform prognostication and their accuracy were reviewed and extracted. DATA SYNTHESIS Although there are differences in pathophysiology and therefore prognosis in the various etiologies of devastating brain injury, some common themes emerge. Physicians tend to have fairly good prognostic accuracy, especially in severe cases with poor prognosis. Full supportive care is recommended for at least 72 hours from initial presentation to maximize the potential for recovery and minimize secondary injury. However, physician approaches to the timing of and recommendations for withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy have a significant impact on mortality from devastating brain injury. CONCLUSIONS Intensivists should consider the modern literature describing prognosis for devastating brain injury and provide appropriate time for patient recovery and for discussions with the patient's surrogates. Surrogates wish to have a prognosis enumerated even when uncertainty exists. These discussions must be handled with care and include admission of uncertainty when it exists. Respect for patient autonomy remains paramount, although physicians are not required to provide inappropriate medical therapies.
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Agarwal S, Morris N, Der-Nigoghossian C, May T, Brodie D. The Influence of Therapeutics on Prognostication After Cardiac Arrest. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2019; 21:60. [PMID: 31768661 DOI: 10.1007/s11940-019-0602-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The goal of this review is to highlight the influence of therapeutic maneuvers on neuro-prognostication measures administered to comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. We focus on the effect of sedation regimens in the setting of targeted temperature management (TTM), one of the principle interventions known to improve neurological recovery after cardiac arrest. Further, we discuss the critical need for novel markers, as well as refinement of existing markers, among patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the setting of failed conventional resuscitation, known as extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). RECENT FINDINGS Automated pupillometry may have some advantage over standard pupillary examination for prognostication following TTM, sedation, or the use of ECMO after cardiac arrest. New serum biomarkers such as Neurofilament light chain have shown good predictive abilities and need further validation in these populations. There is a high-level uncertainty in brain death declaration protocols particularly related to apnea testing and appropriate ancillary tests in patients receiving ECMO. Both sedation and TTM alone and in combination have been shown to affect prognostic markers to varying degrees. The optimal approach to analog-sedation is unknown, and requires further study. Moreover, validation of known prognostic markers, as well as brain death declaration processes in patients receiving ECMO is warranted. Data on the effects of TTM, sedation, and ECMO on biomarkers (e.g., neuron-specific enolase) and electrophysiology measures (e.g., somatosensory-evoked potentials) is sparse. The best approach may be one customized to the individual patient, a precision-medicine approach.
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- Sachin Agarwal
- Division of Neurocritical Care and Hospitalist Neurology, Department of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacy, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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