Resuscitation
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To evaluate the predictive value of EEG reactivity assessment and confounders for neurological outcome after cardiac arrest. ⋯ After cardiac arrest, absence of EEG reactivity was predictive of unfavorable outcome. By contrast, a benign EEG was slightly predictive of a favorable outcome. Reactivity assessment may have important implications in the neuroprognostication process after cardiac arrest and could be influenced by sedation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The impact of resuscitation guideline terminology on quality of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation: aA randomised controlled manikin study.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines vary in the terminology used to describe target chest compression depth, which may impact CPR quality. We investigated the impact of using different chest compression depth instruction terminologies on CPR quality. ⋯ The use of 'hard and fast' terminology was superior to both 'at least 5 cm' and 'approximately 5 cm' terminologies.
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Observational Study
Association of antiepileptic drugs with resolution of epileptiform activity after cardiac arrest.
We tested the impact of antiepileptic drug (AED) administration on post-cardiac arrest epileptiform electroencephalographic (EEG) activity. ⋯ After cardiac arrest, the impact of AEDs may depend on the presence of continuous cortical background activity. These data serve to inform experimental work to better define the opportunities to improve neurologic care post-cardiac arrest.