Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 1995
Comparative StudyDifferences in oxygen content between mixed venous blood and cerebral venous blood for outcome prediction after cardiac arrest.
To assess the usefulness of differences in oxygen content between mixed venous blood and cerebral venous blood for predicting neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. ⋯ Differences between oxygen content of blood samples from the pulmonary artery and the jugular bulb is a simple measurement that has provided good accuracy in the outcome prediction of brain damage after cardiac arrest treated by resuscitation.