title: [Assessment of the prognosis in patients who remain comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest].
abstract: In Denmark there are around 3,500 unexpected cardiac arrests (CA) out of hospital each year. There is an unknown number of CA in hospitals. The survival rate after CA outside a hospital in Denmark is 10% after 30 days. There are varying data for the neurological outcome in this group of patients. The purpose of this work is to disseminate new knowledge and to help standardizing the treatment in the group of patients who remain comatose after being resuscitated from CA. Assessment of the prognosis for a patient in this group can be made after 72 hours and a multi-modal approach to the patient is required.
authors.affiliation: Anæstesiologisk Afdeling, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegård Alle 30, 2650 Hvidovre. E-mail: eram12@live.dk.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramberg
authors.forename: Anette Marianne
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fedder
authors.forename: Stig Eric
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Dyrskog
authors.forename: Niels Sanderhoff
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Degn
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hassager
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kirkegaard
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Joachim Torp
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hoffmann-Petersen
authors.forename: Niels Heden
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: Ditte Gry
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Strange
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonne
authors.forename: Freddy K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Lippert
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D012151:Resuscitation
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers