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Provide evidence-based clinical recommendations regarding the reliability of prognostic tools to predict poor neurological outcomes in comatose adult cardiac arrest survivors.

March 22, 2023Neurocritical CareOpen Access

Guidelines for Neuroprognostication in Comatose Adult Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

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Provide evidence-based clinical recommendations regarding the reliability of prognostic tools to predict poor neurological outcomes in comatose adult cardiac arrest survivors.
Conducted a systematic review of 72 eligible articles evaluating 11 clinical variables and three prediction models using GRADE methodology.
Assessed predictors for determining poor functional outcome at 3 months or later to guide clinicians counseling surrogate decision-makers.
Bilateral absence of pupillary light response at >72 hours after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and bilateral absence of N20 somatosensory evoked potentials were identified as reliable predictors of poor outcome.
Brain computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging at >48 hours post-ROSC and electroencephalography at >72 hours post-ROSC were identified as moderately reliable predictors.
Practice guidance advises waiting at least 72 hours after ROSC and rewarming before neuroprognostication, eliminating sedative confounders, and utilizing multimodal assessments.

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Systematic review reveals limited reliable clinical predictors of poor neurological outcomes in comatose cardiac arrest survivors, indicating that multimodal evaluation after 72 hours is essential.

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Rajajee et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a007330ef8139f8ff77948e https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-023-01688-3

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Systematic review reveals limited reliable clinical predictors of poor neurological outcomes in comatose cardiac arrest survivors, indicating that multimodal evaluation after 72 hours is essential.

Guidelines for Neuroprognostication in Comatose Adult Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

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