ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2016
A good outcome after absence of bilateral N20 SSEPs post-cardiac arrest.
Article in Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Guidelines for Neuroprognostication in Comatose Adult Survivors of Cardiac Arrest.Neurocritical care · 2023Guideline
- Estimating the False Positive Rate of Absent Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Cardiac Arrest Prognostication.Critical care medicine · 2018Pooled it
- SSEP retains its value as predictor of poor outcome following cardiac arrest in the era of therapeutic hypothermia.Critical care (London, England) · 2019Review
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Abstract
A 51-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest after an attempted hanging. Post-arrest assessment revealed the bilateral absence of negative 20 somatosensory evoked potentials (N20 SSEPs) which is suggestive of a poor neurological outcome. Current evidence recommends its use in prognostication. Our patient made a good recovery which brings into question the value of negative 20 somatosensory evoked potentials in prognostication with concomitant neck injuries and swelling.
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