Neurological markers are used to predict outcomes in patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest, and are crucial in informing treatment decisions in comatose patients. A multicenter study reports that therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest alters the reliability of several recommended prognostic parameters, and the authors highlight challenges to optimization of prognostic paradigms.
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R. G. Geocadin is supported in part by NIH grant RO1-HL071568.
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Geocadin, R., Kaplan, P. The effect of therapeutic hypothermia on prognostication. Nat Rev Neurol 8, 5–6 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2011.201
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