This review provides the basic principle and rational for ROC analysis of rating and
continuous diagnostic test results versus a gold standard. Derived indexes of accuracy, in …

Aims and methods To systematically review the accuracy of early (≤ 7 days) predictors of
poor outcome, defined as death or vegetative state (Cerebral Performance Categories [CPC] …

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is started in 5000 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in
Sweden each year and the survival rate is approximately 10%. The subsequent …

Background Mild therapeutic hypothermia alters the validity of a number of parameters
currently used to predict neurological outcome after cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Thus …

Aim of the study We determined whether combining the grey-to-white matter ratio (GWR) on
brain computed tomography (CT) and serum neuron specific enolase (NSE) improves the …

Objective To build new algorithms for prognostication of comatose cardiac arrest patients
using clinical examination, and investigate whether therapeutic hypothermia influences the …

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate multimodal prognostication in patients after
cardiac arrest (CA). Background: Accurate methods to predict outcome after CA are lacking …

Post‐resuscitation care has changed in the last decade, and outcome after cardiac arrest
has improved, thanks to several combined measures. Induced hypothermia has shown a …

Background The prognosis of patients who are comatose after cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) is poor but can be improved by mild therapeutic hypothermia. We …

Disorders of consciousness are due to failure of the arousal system. In this review, the
authors introduce the spectrum of disorders of consciousness and describe the structures …