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Thursday 13 November 2014

Cerebral tissue saturation

Cerebral tissue saturation, the next step in cardiopulmonary resuscitation management? Critical Care, Nov 2014, 18:583

Genbrugge, C., et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/18/5/583

The goal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is to preserve the pre-arrest neurological state by maintaining sufficient cerebral blood flow and oxygenation, but the predictors thereof remain largely unknown. Despite recent attempts to improve the quality of basic and advanced life support, no monitored link to the neurological and physiological response of these CPR efforts has been established.

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