Computed tomography perfusion assessment of poor neurological outcome in comatose cardiac arrest patients (CANCCAP): a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Computed tomography perfusion (CTP) of the brain, are increasingly being employed for the assessment of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU), including comatose cardiac arrest patients (CCAP). The purpose of our study was to validate the use of CTP in predicting in-hospital mortality in CCAPs.

Method

This prospective cohort study enrolled newly admitted adult CCAP, with an out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and were scheduled for admission to the ICU for further management. Just before ICU admission, CCAP underwent a routine CT scan of the head and CTP of whole head. The treating physicians remained blinded to the CTP results and all patients received standard management. The CTP maps were evaluated to determine a binary outcome of non

SUBMITTER: Shankar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12102899 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature