Risk factors for progression toward brain death after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Risk factors for progression toward brain death after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Abstract Background Successfully resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) may lead to brain death (BD) and good-quality transplantable organs. We aimed to determine risk factors for evolution toward BD after OHCA. We analyzed adult patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) who surv...

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Main Authors: Martin Cour, Jean Turc, Thomas Madelaine, Laurent Argaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Cardiac arrest
Resuscitation
Brain death
Organ donation
Prognostication
Post-cardiac arrest syndrome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-019-0520-0

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