A major miss in prognostication after cardiac arrest: Burst suppression and brain healing
Becker D, Schiff N, Becker L, Holmes M, Fins J, Horowitz J, Devinsky O. A major miss in prognostication after cardiac arrest: Burst suppression and brain healing. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports 2016, 7: 1-5. PMID: 28053858, PMCID: PMC5198796, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2016.09.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac arrestBurst suppressionTherapeutic hypothermiaLoss of brainstem reflexesMechanisms of therapeutic hypothermiaOut-of-hospital cardiac arrestAbsent motor responseStatus epilepticusBrainstem reflexesNeuronal cell deathFunctional capacityStandard criteriaCell deathArrestNegative endpointsHypothermiaMotor responseEnd-of-life decisionsBrain healingEnd-of-lifeEpilepticusSuppressionEndpoint