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Neurocardiac Risk Stratification 6 Hours After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest, A Bilkanovic, Z Haxhija, L Lucas, J Dziodzio, R R. Riker, T May, H Friberg, D B. Seder
Neurocardiac Risk Stratification 6 Hours After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest, A Bilkanovic, Z Haxhija, L Lucas, J Dziodzio, R R. Riker, T May, H Friberg, D B. Seder
Maine Medical Center
Introduction:
• An increasing number of patients are resuscitated from out-ofhospital cardiac arrest. Triage to optimal treatment pathways could improve and increase the efficacy of post-resuscition care.
• Despite great variability in etiology, duration, and patterns of injury from cardiac arrest, post-resuscitation treatment guidelines emphasize standard treatments. We hypothesize that by categorizing competing risks very early after resuscitation, it may be possible to improve the efficacy and efficiency of care.
• When measured very early after resuscitation, suppression ratio (SR, the percentage of suppressed EEG), correlates with severity of brain injury and the likelihood of poor neurological outcome.
• The …