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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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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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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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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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Added value of somato-sensory evoked potentials amplitude for prognostication after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2020; 149:17-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rothstein TL. SSEP retains its value as predictor of poor outcome following cardiac arrest in the era of therapeutic hypothermia. Crit Care 2019; 23:327. [PMID: 31647028 PMCID: PMC6813072 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2576-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To re-evaluate the role of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and bilateral loss of the N20 cortical wave as a predictor of unfavorable outcome in comatose patients following cardiac arrest (CA) in the therapeutic hypothermia (TH) era. METHODS Review the results and conclusions drawn from isolated case reports and small series of comatose patients following CA in which the bilateral absence of N20 response has been associated with recovery, and evaluate the proposal that SSEP can no longer be considered a reliable and accurate predictor of unfavorable neurologic outcome. RESULTS There are many methodological limitations in those patients reported in the literature with severe post anoxic encephalopathy who recover despite having lost their N20 cortical potential. These limitations include lack of sufficient clinical and neurologic data, severe core body hypothermia, specifics of electrophysiologic testing, technical issues such as background noise artifacts, flawed interpretations sometimes related to interobserver inconsistency, and the extreme variability in interpretation and quality of SSEP analysis among different clinicians and hospitals. CONCLUSIONS The absence of the SSEP N20 cortical wave remains one of the most reliable early prognostic tools for identifying unfavorable neurologic outcome in the evaluation of patients with severe anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy whether or not they have been treated with TH. When confounding factors are eliminated the false positive rate (FPR) approaches zero.
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- Ted L Rothstein
- Department of Neurology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
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Estimating the False Positive Rate of Absent Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Cardiac Arrest Prognostication. Crit Care Med 2019; 46:e1213-e1221. [PMID: 30247243 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000003436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Absence of somatosensory evoked potentials is considered a nearly perfect predictor of poor outcome after cardiac arrest. However, reports of good outcomes despite absent somatosensory evoked potentials and high rates of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies have raised concerns that estimates of the prognostic value of absent somatosensory evoked potentials may be biased by self-fulfilling prophecies. We aimed to develop an unbiased estimate of the false positive rate of absent somatosensory evoked potentials as a predictor of poor outcome after cardiac arrest. DATA SOURCES PubMed. STUDY SELECTION We selected 35 studies in cardiac arrest prognostication that reported somatosensory evoked potentials. DATA EXTRACTION In each study, we identified rates of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies and good outcomes despite absent somatosensory evoked potentials. We appraised studies for potential biases using the Quality in Prognosis Studies tool. Using these data, we developed a statistical model to estimate the false positive rate of absent somatosensory evoked potentials adjusted for withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies rate. DATA SYNTHESIS Two-thousand one-hundred thirty-three subjects underwent somatosensory evoked potential testing. Five-hundred ninety-four had absent somatosensory evoked potentials; of these, 14 had good functional outcomes. The rate of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies for subjects with absent somatosensory evoked potential could be estimated in 14 of the 35 studies (mean 80%, median 100%). The false positive rate for absent somatosensory evoked potential in predicting poor neurologic outcome, adjusted for a withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies rate of 80%, is 7.7% (95% CI, 4-13%). CONCLUSIONS Absent cortical somatosensory evoked potentials do not infallibly predict poor outcome in patients with coma following cardiac arrest. The chances of survival in subjects with absent somatosensory evoked potentials, though low, may be substantially higher than generally believed.
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Seder DB. Management of Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest. Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2019; 24:1732-1752. [PMID: 30516603 DOI: 10.1212/con.0000000000000669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Because the whole-body ischemia-reperfusion insult associated with cardiac arrest often results in brain injury, neurologists perform an important role in postresuscitation cardiac arrest care. This article provides guidance for the assessment and management of brain injury following cardiac arrest. RECENT FINDINGS Neurologists have many roles in postresuscitation cardiac arrest care: (1) early assessment of brain injury severity to help inform triage for invasive circulatory support or revascularization; (2) advocacy for the maintenance of a neuroprotective thermal, hemodynamic, biochemical, and metabolic milieu; (3) detection and management of seizures; (4) development of an accurate, multimodal, and conservative approach to prognostication; (5) application of shared decision-making paradigms around the likely outcomes of therapy and the goals of care; and (6) facilitation of the neurocognitive assessment of survivors. Therefore, optimal management requires early neurologist involvement in patient care, a detailed knowledge of postresuscitation syndrome and its complex interactions with prognosis, expertise in bringing difficult cases to their optimal conclusions, and a support system for survivors with cognitive deficits. SUMMARY Neurologists have a critical role in postresuscitation cardiac arrest care and are key participants in the treatment team from the time of first restoration of a perfusing heart rhythm through the establishment of rehabilitation services for survivors.
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Habeych ME, Moshayedi P, Rittenberger JC, Gunn SR. Initial absence of N20 waveforms from median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in a patient with cardiac arrest and good outcomes. Clin Exp Emerg Med 2019; 6:177-182. [PMID: 30743323 PMCID: PMC6614054 DOI: 10.15441/ceem.18.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A 34-year-old male was brought to the hospital with a chest gunshot wound. Pulseless upon arrival, blood pressure was absent for 10 minutes. A thoracotomy resulted in return of spontaneous circulation. On hospital day 5, with brainstem reflexes present, he was unresponsive to call or pain, exhibited generalized hyperreflexia and bilateral Babinskys. Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (mSSEPs) and brainstem auditory evoked potentials were obtained. International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology recommendations for mSSEPs and brainstem auditory evoked potentials were followed. Despite absence of the N20 responses from cortical mSSEPs no withdrawal from care was agreed upon. After awaking on day 7, mSSEPs were repeated and present. The patient survived and was discharged with minor deficits. Bilateral absence of N20 responses from mSSEPs performed beyond 48 hours after resuscitation from cardiac arrest is highly associated with bad neurological outcomes. However, variation due to hypothermia, noisy signals, medications, and brain hypo-perfusion must be taken into account.
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- Miguel E Habeych
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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PURPOSE The reliability of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in predicting outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been questioned. We investigated whether the absence of cortical (N20) responses was a reliable predictor of a nonawakening in the setting of TH. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted in cardiac arrest survivors treated with TH admitted to a single tertiary care hospital from April, 2010 to March, 2013 who underwent SSEP testing at various time points after cardiac arrest. N20 responses were categorized as normal, present but abnormal, bilaterally absent, or inadequate for interpretation. Neurologic outcome was assessed at discharge by the Cerebral Performance Category Scale (CPC). RESULTS Ninety-three SSEP studies were performed in 73 patients. Fourteen patients had absent N20 responses; all had poor outcome (CPC 4-5). Eleven patients had absent N20 s during hypothermia, three of whom had follow-up SSEPs after rewarming and cortical responses remained absent. Fifty-seven patients had N20 peaks identified and had variable outcomes. Evaluation of 1 or more N20 peaks was limited or inadequate in 11.4% of SSEPs performed during the cooling because of artifact. CONCLUSIONS Somatosensory evoked potentials remain a reliable prognostic indicator in patients undergoing TH. The limited sample size of patients who had SSEP performed during TH and repeated after normothermia added to the effect of self-fulfilling prophecy limit the interpretation of the reliability of this testing when performed during cooling. Further prospective, multicenter, large scale studies correlating cortical responses in SSEPs during and after TH are warranted. Technical challenges are commonplace during TH and caution is advised in the interpretation of suboptimal recordings.
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Kamps M, Hoedemaekers C. Early prognostication after cardiac arrest: Are we getting closer? Resuscitation 2018; 129:A3-A4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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André-Obadia N, Zyss J, Gavaret M, Lefaucheur JP, Azabou E, Boulogne S, Guérit JM, McGonigal A, Merle P, Mutschler V, Naccache L, Sabourdy C, Trébuchon A, Tyvaert L, Vercueil L, Rohaut B, Delval A. Recommendations for the use of electroencephalography and evoked potentials in comatose patients. Neurophysiol Clin 2018; 48:143-169. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2018.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Lopez-Rolon A, Vogler J, Howell K, Shock J, Czermak S, Heck S, Straube A, Bender A. Severe disorders of consciousness after acquired brain injury: A single-centre long-term follow-up study. NeuroRehabilitation 2018; 40:509-517. [PMID: 28222568 DOI: 10.3233/nre-171438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess long-term clinical outcome, functional independence and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in acquired brain injury (ABI) patients with a disorder of consciousness at admission to inpatient rehabilitation. METHODS We selected patients from a cohort of ABI patients from a single centre. In addition to mortality, we measured level of consciousness with the Coma Remission Scale, functional independence with the Barthel Index, as well as generic and condition-specific HRQOL with the EQ5D and the "Quality of Life after Brain Injury" (QOLIBRI) respectively. RESULTS Half of the obtained sample had died by follow-up. Survivors were younger at onset, in a minimally conscious state (MCS) at admission and had spent longer time in rehabilitation. Patients in a MCS were more likely to survive, and be in a state better than MCS over the follow-up time than patients with an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS). A small proportion of patients with UWS at admission emerged from MCS at follow-up. Emergence from MCS was associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and higher functional independence. CONCLUSION Clinical outcome is mostly concordant with previous findings. Survivors' rehabilitation duration suggest revision of current standards. HRQOL results indicate a correlation with functional independence and that condition-specific HRQOL should not be neglected.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Therapiezentrum Burgau, Burgau, Germany
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De Santis P, Lamanna I, Mavroudakis N, Legros B, Vincent JL, Creteur J, Taccone FS. The potential role of auditory evoked potentials to assess prognosis in comatose survivors from cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2017; 120:119-124. [PMID: 28942010 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM Few data are available on the use of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) in combination with other electrophysiological tools to assess prognosis of comatose survivors from cardiac arrest (CA). METHODS Retrospective analysis of data from all adult patients (>18years of age) admitted to our Dept of Intensive Care after CA over a 6-year period who were comatose (Glasgow Coma Scale <9) on admission, had been treated with targeted temperature management and had BAEP testing. We collected variables related to CA, as well as electroencephalography (EEG) findings, N20 somatosensory evoked potentials, and the presence of I, III and/or V waves on BAEP testing. Outcome was assessed at 3 months using the Cerebral Performance Categories (3-5=poor outcome). RESULTS We studied 65 patients; 48 (74%) had a poor neurological outcome. BAEP assessment was performed day 3 [3,4] after the CA. At least one of the three waves was absent bilaterally in 34 patients (52%); of these patients, 29 (85%) had a poor neurological outcome (sensitivity 60%, specificity 71%, positive predictive value [PPV] 85% and negative predictive value [NPV] 39%). Three patients (5%) had bilateral absence of all three waves, all of whom had a poor neurological outcome. CONCLUSIONS In this series of patients after CA, at least one of the BAEP waves was absent bilaterally in half the survivors; however, their use for prediction of poor neurological outcome remains limited.
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- Paolo De Santis
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Grippo A, Carrai R, Scarpino M, Spalletti M, Lanzo G, Cossu C, Peris A, Valente S, Amantini A. Neurophysiological prediction of neurological good and poor outcome in post-anoxic coma. Acta Neurol Scand 2017; 135:641-648. [PMID: 27480262 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Investigation of the utility of association between electroencephalogram (EEG) and somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) for the prediction of neurological outcome in comatose patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest (CA) treated with therapeutic hypothermia, according to different recording times after CA. METHODS Glasgow Coma Scale, EEG and SEPs performed at 12, 24 and 48-72 h after CA were assessed in 200 patients. Outcome was evaluated by Cerebral Performance Category 6 months after CA. RESULTS Within 12 h after CA, grade 1 EEG predicted good outcome and bilaterally absent (BA) SEPs predicted poor outcome. Because grade 1 EEG and BA-SEPs were never found in the same patient, the recording of both EEG and SEPs allows us to correctly prognosticate a greater number of patients with respect to the use of a single test within 12 h after CA. At 48-72 h after CA, both grade 2 EEG and BA-SEPs predicted poor outcome with FPR=0.0%. When these neurophysiological patterns are both present in the same patient, they confirm and strengthen their prognostic value, but because they also occurred independently in eight patients, poor outcome is predictable in a greater number of patients. SIGNIFICANCE The combination of EEG/SEP findings allows prediction of good and poor outcome (within 12 h after CA) and of poor outcome (after 48-72 h). Recording of EEG and SEPs in the same patients allows always an increase in the number of cases correctly classified, and an increase of the reliability of prognostication in a single patient due to concordance of patterns.
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- A. Grippo
- SODc Neurofisiopatologia; Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso; AOU Careggi; Florence Italy
- Unità di Riabilitazione Neurologica; Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi; IRCCS; Florence Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia; Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso; AOU Careggi; Florence Italy
- Unità di Riabilitazione Neurologica; Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi; IRCCS; Florence Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia; Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso; AOU Careggi; Florence Italy
- Unità di Riabilitazione Neurologica; Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi; IRCCS; 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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- 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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- Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare; AOU Careggi; Florence Italy
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- SODc Neurofisiopatologia; Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e degli Organi di Senso; AOU Careggi; Florence Italy
- Unità di Riabilitazione Neurologica; Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi; IRCCS; Florence Italy
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Neurologic Recovery After Cardiac Arrest: a Multifaceted Puzzle Requiring Comprehensive Coordinated Care. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2017; 19:52. [PMID: 28536893 DOI: 10.1007/s11936-017-0548-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OPINION STATEMENT Surviving cardiac arrest (CA) requires a longitudinal approach with multiple levels of responsibility, including fostering a culture of action by increasing public awareness and training, optimization of resuscitation measures including frequent updates of guidelines and their timely implementation into practice, and optimization of post-CA care. This clearly goes beyond resuscitation and targeted temperature management. Brain-directed physiologic goals should dictate the post-CA management, as accumulating evidence suggests that the degree of hypoxic brain injury is the main determinant of survival, regardless of the etiology of arrest. Early assessment of the need for further hemodynamic and electrophysiologic cardiac interventions, adjusting ventilator settings to avoid hyperoxia/hypoxia while targeting high-normal to mildly elevated PaCO2, maintaining mean arterial blood pressures >65 mmHg, evaluating for and treating seizures, maintaining euglycemia, and aggressively pursuing normothermia are key steps in reducing the bioenergetic failure that underlies secondary brain injury. Accurate neuroprognostication requires a multimodal approach with standardized assessments accounting for confounders while recognizing the importance of a delayed prognostication when there is any uncertainty regarding outcome. The concept of a highly specialized post-CA team with expertise in the management of post-CA syndrome (mindful of the brain-directed physiologic goals during the early post-resuscitation phase), TTM, and neuroprognostication, guiding the comprehensive care to the CA survivor, is likely cost-effective and should be explored by institutions that frequently care for these patients. Finally, providing tailored rehabilitation care with systematic reassessment of the needs and overall goals is key for increasing independence and improving quality-of-life in survivors, thereby also alleviating the burden on families. Emerging evidence from multicenter collaborations advances the field of resuscitation at an incredible pace, challenging previously well-established paradigms. There is no more room for "conventional wisdom" in saving the survivors of cardiac arrest.
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Karunasekara N, Salib S, MacDuff A. A good outcome after absence of bilateral N20 SSEPs post-cardiac arrest. J Intensive Care Soc 2015; 17:168-170. [PMID: 28979482 DOI: 10.1177/1751143715616137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A 51-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest after an attempted hanging. Post-arrest assessment revealed the bilateral absence of negative 20 somatosensory evoked potentials (N20 SSEPs) which is suggestive of a poor neurological outcome. Current evidence recommends its use in prognostication. Our patient made a good recovery which brings into question the value of negative 20 somatosensory evoked potentials in prognostication with concomitant neck injuries and swelling.
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- Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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- New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
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Endisch C, Storm C, Ploner CJ, Leithner C. Amplitudes of SSEP and outcome in cardiac arrest survivors. Neurology 2015; 85:1752-60. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Rothstein TL. Therapeutic hypothermia does not diminish the vital and necessary role of SSEP in predicting unfavorable outcome in anoxic-ischemic coma. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014; 126:205-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Schorl M, Valerius-Kukula SJ, Kemmer TP. Median-evoked somatosensory potentials in severe brain injury: Does initial loss of cortical potentials exclude recovery? Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014; 123:25-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Revised: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Automated Auditory Mismatch Negativity Paradigm Improves Coma Prognostic Accuracy After Cardiac Arrest and Therapeutic Hypothermia. J Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 31:356-61. [DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cahill EA, Tirschwell DL, Khot S. An update in postcardiac arrest management and prognosis in the era of therapeutic hypothermia. Neurohospitalist 2014; 4:144-52. [PMID: 24982720 DOI: 10.1177/1941874413509632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Prognostication of patients who remain comatose following successful resuscitation after cardiac arrest has long posed a challenge for the consulting neurologist. With increasing rates of early defibrillation, out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and expanding use of therapeutic hypothermia, prognostication in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy has become an increasingly common consult for neurologists. Much of the data we previously relied upon for prognostication were taken from patients who were not treated with therapeutic hypothermia. In this review, we examine useful prognostic tools and markers, including the physical examination, evaluation of myoclonus, electroencephalogram monitoring, somatosensory-evoked potentials, biochemical markers of neuronal injury, and neuroimaging. Neurologists must avoid overly pessimistic prognostic statements regarding survival, awakening from coma, or future quality of life, as such statements may unduly influence decisions regarding the continuation of life-sustaining treatment. Conversely, continuation of aggressive medical management in a patient without any hope of awakening should also be avoided. Thus, an understanding of the utility and the limitations of these prognostic tools in the era of therapeutic hypothermia is essential.
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- Department of Neurology, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Pfeiffer G, Pfeifer R, Isenmann S. Cerebral hypoxia, missing cortical somatosensory evoked potentials and recovery of consciousness. BMC Neurol 2014; 14:82. [PMID: 24720818 PMCID: PMC3991862 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Bilaterally absent N20 components of the sensory evoked potentials (SEP) from the median nerve are regarded as accurately predicting poor outcome after cardiac arrest. Case presentation We are reporting on a patient, who regained consciousness despite this ominous finding. Early after cardiac arrest, MRI showed signal alterations in diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) bilaterally in the primary visual and sensorimotor cortex and in the basal ganglia. SEP were repeatedly absent. The patient survived shut out form sensory and visual experience and locked in for voluntary movements, but kept her verbal competence in several languages. Conclusion SEP inform about integrity only of a narrow cortical strip. It is unguarded, but common practice, to conclude from absent SEP, that a patient has suffered diffuse cortical damage after cardiac arrest. Cerebral MRI with DWI helps to avoid this prognostic error and furthers understanding of the sometimes very peculiar state of mind after cardiac arrest.
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- Gustav Pfeiffer
- Abteilung weiterführende Neurorehabilitation, Fachklinik Bad Liebenstein, Kurpromenade 2, 36448 Bad Liebenstein, Germany.
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Gentsch A, Storm C, Leithner C, Schroeder T, Ploner CJ, Hamm B, Wiener E, Scheel M. Outcome Prediction in Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Simplified Method for Determination of Gray–White Matter Ratio in Cranial Computed Tomography. Clin Neuroradiol 2014; 25:49-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00062-013-0281-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Taccone F, Cronberg T, Friberg H, Greer D, Horn J, Oddo M, Scolletta S, Vincent JL. How to assess prognosis after cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia. Crit Care 2014; 18:202. [PMID: 24417885 PMCID: PMC4056000 DOI: 10.1186/cc13696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The prognosis of patients who are admitted in a comatose state following successful resuscitation after cardiac arrest remains uncertain. Although the introduction of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) and improvements in post-resuscitation care have significantly increased the number of patients who are discharged home with minimal brain damage, short-term assessment of neurological outcome remains a challenge. The need for early and accurate prognostic predictors is crucial, especially since sedation and TH may alter the neurological examination and delay the recovery of motor response for several days. The development of additional tools, including electrophysiological examinations (electroencephalography and somatosensory evoked potentials), neuroimaging and chemical biomarkers, may help to evaluate the extent of brain injury in these patients. Given the extensive literature existing on this topic and the confounding effects of TH on the strength of these tools in outcome prognostication after cardiac arrest, the aim of this narrative review is to provide a practical approach to post-anoxic brain injury when TH is used. We also discuss when and how these tools could be combined with the neurological examination in a multimodal approach to improve outcome prediction in this population.
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Rehabilitation outcome of anoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy survivors with prolonged disorders of consciousness. Resuscitation 2013; 84:1409-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Klein AM, Howell K, Vogler J, Grill E, Straube A, Bender A. Rehabilitation outcome of unconscious traumatic brain injury patients. J Neurotrauma 2013; 30:1476-83. [PMID: 23477301 PMCID: PMC3751265 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Outcome prediction of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with severe disorders of consciousness (DOC) at the end of their time in an intensive care setting is important for clinical decision making and counseling of relatives, and constitutes a major challenge. Even the question of what constitutes an improved outcome is controversially discussed. We have conducted a retrospective cohort study for the rehabilitation dynamics and outcome of TBI patients with DOC. Out of 188 patients, 37.2% emerged from a minimally conscious state (MCS) and 16.5% achieved at least partial functional independence after a mean observation period of 107 days (range 1-399 days). This reflects that emergence from MCS is much easier to achieve than functional independence. Logistic regression analysis identified age and level of consciousness upon admission to neurorehabilitation as independent prognostic factors for both outcomes. The group who reached at least partial functional independence started to improve significantly more than the corresponding outcome group by post-injury week 7, and the average time to reach this functional status was 18 weeks. In contrast, the group who emerged from MCS started to improve after 6 weeks. The longest delay between brain injury and the beginning of functional improvement (measured by biweekly Functional Independence Measure [FIM] scores) still compatible with reaching at least partial functional independence was 18 weeks. In conclusion, despite a strong negative selection, a substantial proportion of severe TBI patients with DOC achieve functional improvements or at least emerge from MCS within the inpatient rehabilitation phase. In order to avoid self-fulfilling prophecies in decision making, it is important to be aware of the fact that the beginning of clinical improvement may take several months after brain injury. In this study, separation of both of the functional outcome groups started by 7 weeks post-injury.
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- Anke-Maria Klein
- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Integrated Center for Research and Treatment of Vertigo, Balance and Ocular Motor Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Therapiezentrum Burgau, Burgau, Germany
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Cronberg T, Brizzi M, Liedholm LJ, Rosén I, Rubertsson S, Rylander C, Friberg H. Neurological prognostication after cardiac arrest—Recommendations from the Swedish Resuscitation Council. Resuscitation 2013; 84:867-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Grill E, Klein AM, Howell K, Arndt M, Bodrozic L, Herzog J, Jox R, Koenig E, Mansmann U, Müller F, Müller T, Nowak D, Schaupp M, Straube A, Bender A. Rationale and design of the prospective German registry of outcome in patients with severe disorders of consciousness after acute brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2013; 94:1870-6. [PMID: 23732165 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 10/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the rationale and design of a new patient registry (Koma Outcome von Patienten der Frührehabilitation-Register [KOPF-R; Registry for Coma Outcome in Patients Undergoing Acute Rehabilitation]) that has the scope to examine determinants of long-term outcome and functioning of patients with severe disorders of consciousness (DOC). DESIGN Prospective multicenter neurologic rehabilitation registry. SETTING Five specialized neurologic rehabilitation facilities. PARTICIPANTS Patients (N=42) with DOC in vegetative state or minimally conscious state (MCS) as defined by the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) after brain injury. Patients are being continuously enrolled. The data presented here cover the enrollment period from August 2011 to January 2012. INTERVENTIONS Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES CRS-R, FIM, and emergence from MCS. RESULTS The registry was set up in 5 facilities across the state of Bavaria/Germany with a special expertise in the rehabilitation of acquired brain injury. Inclusion of patients started in August 2011. Measures include sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, course of acute therapy, electrophysiologic measures (evoked potentials, electroencephalogram), neuron-specific enolase, current medication, functioning, cognition, participation, quality of life, quantity and characteristics of rehabilitation therapy, caregiver burden, and attitudes toward end-of-life decisions. Main diagnoses were traumatic brain injury (24%), intracerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage (31%), and anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (45%). Mean CRS-R score ± SD at admission to rehabilitation was 5.9 ± 3.3, and mean FIM score ± SD at admission was 18 ± 0.4. CONCLUSIONS The KOPF-R aspires to contribute prospective data on prognosis in severe DOC.
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- Eva Grill
- Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Munich; Integrated Center for Research and Treatment of Vertigo, Balance and Ocular Motor Disorders (IFB(LMU)), University of Munich, Munich
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Scheel M, Storm C, Gentsch A, Nee J, Luckenbach F, Ploner CJ, Leithner C. The prognostic value of gray-white-matter ratio in cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2013; 21:23. [PMID: 23566292 PMCID: PMC3636054 DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Mild therapeutic hypothermia alters the validity of a number of parameters currently used to predict neurological outcome after cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Thus, additional parameters are needed to increase certainty of early prognosis in these patients. A promising new approach is the determination of the gray-white-matter ratio (GWR) in cranial computed tomography (CCT) obtained early after resuscitation. It is not known how GWR relates to established outcome parameters such as neuron specific enolase (NSE) or somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP). Methods Cardiac arrest patients (n = 98) treated with hypothermia were retrospectively analyzed with respect to the prognostic value of GWR, NSE and SSEP. Results A GWR < 1.16 predicted poor outcome with 100% specificity and 38% sensitivity. In 62 patients NSE, SSEP and CCT were available. The sensitivity of poor outcome prediction by both NSE > 97 μg/L and bilateral absent SSEP was 43%. The sensitivity increased to 53% in a multi-parameter approach predicting poor outcome using at least two of the three parameters (GWR, NSE and SSEP). Conclusion Our results suggest a strong association of a low GWR with poor outcome following cardiac arrest. Determination of the GWR increases the sensitivity in a multi-parameter approach for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest.
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