Resuscitation
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Observational Study
Hypoxic hepatitis after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, determinants and prognosis.
Hypoxic hepatitis (HH) may complicate the course of resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients admitted in intensive care unit (ICU). Aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of HH, and to describe the factors associated with HH occurrence and outcome. ⋯ HH is not a rare complication after OHCA. This complication is mainly triggered by the duration of resuscitation and is associated with increased ICU mortality.
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Observational Study
Low cerebral activity and cerebral oxygenation during immediate transition in term neonates-A prospective observational study.
To analyze whether in term neonates during immediate transition after birth low cerebral activity measured by amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) is linked to cerebral regional oxygen saturation (crSO2) measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Additionally, the cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (cFTOE) was calculated to analyze whether cerebral activity is linked to cFTOE. ⋯ The present study demonstrates that neonates with initially low cerebral activity during immediate transition after birth concurrently showed low crSO2 (<10th percentile), but increased cerebral oxygen extraction (cFTOE>90th percentile). Cerebral monitoring with aEEG and NIRS might provide useful information on the neonates' condition during immediate transition.