Predicting Clinical Outcome in Comatose Cardiac Arrest Patients Using Early Noncontrast Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Ona Wu,
Leonardo M Batista,
Fabrício Oliveira Lima,
Márk Vangel,
Karen L. Furie,
David M. Greer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.594879
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , logistic regression , modified rankin scale , coma (optics) , predictive value of tests , univariate analysis , midline shift , nuclear medicine , cardiology , radiology , anesthesia , multivariate analysis , computed tomography , ischemia , ischemic stroke , physics , optics
Early assessment of the likelihood of neurological recovery in comatose cardiac arrest survivors remains challenging. We hypothesize that quantitative noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT) combined with neurological assessments, are predictive of outcome.
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