Evoked potentials improve multimodal prognostication after cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Predicting recovery in comatose post-cardiac arrest patients requires multiple modalities of prognostic assessment. In isolation, absent N20 cortical responses in somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) are a specific predictor of poor outcome. It is unknown whether SSEP results, when assessed in the context of prior knowledge (demographic and clinical information), change the pretest predicted probability of recovery.

Methods

In a single center retrospective study, a cohort of 323 patients admitted to post-cardiac arrest service at a tertiary care center were classified into a group based on SSEP testing. We built adjusted logistic regression models including clinical examination findings on the day SSEPs were recorded to generate a pre-test outcome probability for awak

SUBMITTER: Moshayedi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6555685 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature