Claudio Sandroni, Alain Cariou, Fabio Cavallaro, Tobias Cronberg, Hans Friberg, Cornelia Hoedemaekers, Janneke Horn, Jerry P Nolan, Andrea O Rossetti, Jasmeet Soar
OBJECTIVES: To review and update the evidence on predictors of poor outcome (death, persistent vegetative state or severe neurological disability) in adult comatose survivors of cardiac arrest, either treated or not treated with controlled temperature, to identify knowledge gaps and to suggest a reliable prognostication strategy. METHODS: GRADE-based systematic review followed by expert consensus achieved using Web-based Delphi methodology, conference calls and face-to-face meetings...
December 2014: Intensive Care Medicine