Journal article
Improving Appropriate Neurologic Prognostication after Cardiac Arrest. A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
RATIONALE: Predictions about neurologic prognosis that are based on early clinical findings after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are often inaccurate and may lead to premature decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatments (LST) in patients who might otherwise survive with good neurologic outcomes.
OBJECTIVES: To improve adherence to recommendations for appropriate neurologic prognostication after OHCA and reduce deaths from premature …
Authors
Scales DC; Golan E; Pinto R; Brooks SC; Chapman M; Dale CM; Jichici D; Rubenfeld GD; Morrison LJ
Journal
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 194, No. 9, pp. 1083–1091
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Publication Date
November 1, 2016
DOI
10.1164/rccm.201602-0397oc
ISSN
1073-449X