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Brain damage is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality after cardiac arrest. Early assessment of brain damage and prediction of cerebral outcome after CPR, therefore, may influence post-arrest treatment strategies. In the past decade several factors for poor outcome could be identified. Various attempts, including neurological evaluation, cranial CT, electroencephalogram, somatosensory evoked potentials, and measurement of cerebral oxygen consumption have been made to assess brain damage in comatose patients soon after cardiac arrest.
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Braunecker, S., Böttiger, B.W. (2014). Predicting Outcome After Cardiac Arrest. In: Gullo, A., Ristagno, G. (eds) Resuscitation. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5507-0_19
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