Outcome prediction by motor and pupillary responses in children treated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest
Abend, Nicholas S. MD; Topjian, Alexis A. MD; Kessler, Sudha Kilaru MD; Gutierrez-Colina, Ana M. BS; Berg, Robert A. MD; Nadkarni, Vinay MD; Dlugos, Dennis J. MD, MSCE; Clancy, Robert R. MD; Ichord, Rebecca N. MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2012, Volume 13 - Issue 1 - p 3238
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Prognostication after cardiac arrest is a grey area of medicine that troubles many intensivists. The use of clinical signs such as pupillary reactions, corneal reflexes and motor response to pain have been used for years, and are most sensitive 3 days after return of spontaneous...