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outcomes of comatose patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Complications: Predictors of poor outcomes: - unreactive pupils & absent corneal reflexes bilateral 1-3 days after CPR - no response to pain & extensors reflexes only after 3 days - myoclonic status epilepticus within 24 hours of CPR - absence of cortical responses to somatosensory evoked potentials 1-3 days after CPR - increased serum neuron-specific enolase > 33 ug/L at 1-3 days after CPR

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cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) coma

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  2. Geocadin RG et al, Neurologic prognosis and withdrawal of life support after resuscitation from cardiac arrest Neurology 2006, 67:105 PMID: 16832087