2024
Cerebral edema following cardiac arrest: Are all shades of gray equal?
Beekman R, Gilmore E. Cerebral edema following cardiac arrest: Are all shades of gray equal? Resuscitation 2024, 198: 110213. PMID: 38636600, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110213.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society
Hirsch K, Abella B, Amorim E, Bader M, Barletta J, Berg K, Callaway C, Friberg H, Gilmore E, Greer D, Kern K, Livesay S, May T, Neumar R, Nolan J, Oddo M, Peberdy M, Poloyac S, Seder D, Taccone F, Uzendu A, Walsh B, Zimmerman J, Geocadin R, Society O. Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society. Circulation 2023, 149: e168-e200. PMID: 38014539, PMCID: PMC10775969, DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmerican Heart AssociationCardiopulmonary ResuscitationCritical CareEmergency Medical ServicesHeart ArrestHumansConceptsCritical care managementCardiac arrestNeurocritical Care SocietyCare managementClinical studiesAmerican Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care CommitteeHigh-quality clinical studiesExpert panel consensus statementHigh-certainty evidencePractice guideline recommendationsLow-certainty evidenceAmerican Heart AssociationExpert consensus panelHigh-quality studiesMultiple medical specialtiesGuideline recommendationsHeart AssociationAbsence of guidelinesConsensus statementPractice guidelinesConsensus panelCare CommitteePatientsAreas of uncertaintyOrgan systemsDevelopment and validation of a novel score to predict brain death after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Kitlen E, Kim N, Rubenstein A, Keenan C, Garcia G, Khosla A, Johnson J, Miller P, Wira C, Greer D, Gilmore E, Beekman R. Development and validation of a novel score to predict brain death after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2023, 192: 109955. PMID: 37661012, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrain DeathCardiopulmonary ResuscitationHumansMiddle AgedOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsConceptsHospital cardiac arrestBrain deathCardiac arrestOptimal cutEtiology of arrestDeath risk scoreNon-shockable rhythmOperator characteristic curveHours of arrestCenter cohortIndependent predictorsSulcal effacementUnResponsiveness (FOUR) scoreValidation cohortDevelopment cohortMAIN OUTCOMEHigh riskRisk scoreAcademic centersNovel scoreOHCACohortInternal validationRadiology reportsCharacteristic curveValidation of the rCAST score and comparison to the PCAC and FOUR scores for prognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Kim N, Kitlen E, Garcia G, Khosla A, Miller P, Johnson J, Wira C, Greer D, Gilmore E, Beekman R. Validation of the rCAST score and comparison to the PCAC and FOUR scores for prognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2023, 188: 109832. PMID: 37178901, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiopulmonary ResuscitationHumansHypothermia, InducedOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestPrognosisRetrospective StudiesConceptsPoor neurologic outcomeUnited States cohortHospital cardiac arrestOHCA patientsNeurologic outcomeCardiac arrestPost-cardiac arrest syndromePoor neurological outcomeScore predictive abilityHospital mortalityNeurological outcomeUnResponsiveness (FOUR) scorePoor outcomeRetrospective studyAccurate outcome predictionPrognostic performanceFull OutlineDeLong testOutcome predictionPatientsMortalityOutcomesScoresCohortPredictive ability