Sensitivity of Continuous Electroencephalography to Detect Ictal Activity After Cardiac Arrest

Clinical review: Continuous and simplified electroencephalography to monitor brain recovery after cardiac arrest

There has been a dramatic change in hospital care of cardiac arrest survivors in recent years, including the use of target temperature management (hypothermia). Clinical signs of recovery or deterioration, which previously could be observed, are now concealed by sedation, analgesia, and muscle paralysis. Seizures are common after cardiac arrest, but few centers can offer high-quality electroenc...

Application of ultrasound in pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest

Continuous electroencephalography monitoring for early prediction of neurological outcome in postanoxic patients after cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of continuous electroencephalography in early prognostication in patients treated with hypothermia after cardiac arrest. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Medical intensive care unit. PATIENTS Sixty patients admitted to the intensive care unit for therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. INTERVENTION None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS In al...

Continuous evaluation of neurological prognosis after cardiac arrest.

Post-resuscitation care has changed in the last decade, and outcome after cardiac arrest has improved, thanks to several combined measures. Induced hypothermia has shown a treatment benefit in two randomized trials, but some doubts remain. General care has improved, including the use of emergency coronary intervention. Assessment of neurological function and prognosis in comatose cardiac arrest...

A Case of Cardiac Arrest after Topical Phenylephrine Administration in Adenoidectomy Surgery

Some otolaryngologists administer topical phenylephrine for bleeding control in adenoidectomy surgery. Absorption of this drug from surgical site can lead to increase in blood pressure due to vasoconstriction and then bradycardia related to baroreceptore reflex.  Our case was an intraoperative arrest of a 9-yrs-old girl related to administration of topical phenylephrine during adenoidectomy how...