A Perspective on Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aibiki, Mayuki (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yamashita, Susumu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Critical care medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

This book presents a valuable new perspective on Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome (PCAS), which was defined as system failure following whole-body ischemia-reperfusion injuries by the 2008 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Recently, improving the survival rate of PCAS has become a major...

Table of Contents:

• 1 A single center study on the nonconvulsive status epilepticus after cardiac arrest
• 2 Comparision of neurological outcomes between PCI-first and TTM-first strategies in OHCA patients
• 3 Early lactate clearance is associated with improved outcomes of post-cardiac arrest syndrome
• 4 Indication for target temperature management in patients after choking or suicide hanging
• 5 Prediction in nuerological outcomes in cardiac arrest patients before inducing target temperature management -validation of CAST or cCAST Score.