Objective: To investigate the clinical course and early prognostic markers in cardiac arrest (CA) patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) in an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) or coma. Methods: 89 patients were identified from a prospective CA database. Follow-up was ...
Cardiac arrestHypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathyUnresponsive wakefulness syndromeLong-termOutcomeObjective To investigate the clinical course and early prognostic markers in cardiac arrest (CA) patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) in an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) or coma.Methods ...
cardiac arrestLazarus phenomenonunassisted return of spontaneous circulationrefractory ventricular fibrillation (RVF)The Lazarus phenomenon or the unassisted return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) continues to be a mystery and so far there is no ...
Cardiac arrestComaConsciousnessElectroencephalographyNear-infrared spectroscopyNeurovascular couplingNeurovascular unitPrognosisTraumatic brain injuryNeurovascular-based imaging techniques such as functional MRI (fMRI) may reveal signs of consciousness in clinically unresponsive patients but are often subject to ...
hypnale, presented within 30 min of the bite and had a cardiac arrest soon after admission. This responded to standard advanced life support, but he had an unrecordably high international normalised ratio (INR), activated partial thromboplastin time and unrecordably low fibrinogen, consistent with...
hypnale, presented within 30 min of the bite and had a cardiac arrest soon after admission. This responded to standard advanced life support, but he had an unrecordably high international normalised ratio (INR), activated partial thromboplastin time and unrecordably low fibrinogen, consistent with...