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ReviewFunctional neurology

Post-anoxic vegetative state: imaging and prognostic perspectives.

Mario Stanziano, Carolina Foglia, Andrea Soddu, Francesca Gargano, Michele Papa

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Review in Functional neurology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mario StanzianoDepartment of Public, Clinical, and Preventative Medicine, Second University of Naples, Italy. mariostanziano@libero.it
Carolina Foglia
Andrea Soddu
Francesca Gargano
Michele Papa
Consorzio Venezia Ricerche · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prognostic determination of patients in coma after resuscitation from cardiac arrest is a common and difficult requirement with significant ethical, social and legal implications. We set out to seek markers that can be used for the early detection of patients with a poor prognosis, so as to reduce uncertainty over treatment and non-treatment decisions, and to improve relationships with families. We reviewed the medical literature from 1991 to 2010, using key words such as post-anoxic coma, post-anoxic vegetative state, vegetative state prognosis, recovery after cardiac arrest. Neurological examination, electrophysiology, imaging, and biochemical markers are all useful tools for estimating patients' chances of recovery from cardiac arrest. It seems unlikely that any single test will prove to have 100% predictive value for outcome; but the combination of various prognostic markers, as shown in some articles, could increase the reliability of outcome prediction. However, further research is needed.

Indexed as

Recovery of FunctionBiomarkersHeart ArrestHumansHypoxiaNeurologic ExaminationPersistent Vegetative StatePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID21693088
PMCPMC3814506
OpenAlexW2123652433

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