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SUBMITTER: Freund B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716491 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep-Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Epilepsy currents 20170901 5
Prognostication after cardiac arrest often depends primarily on neurological function, and characterizing the extent of neurological injury hinges on neurophysiological testing and clinical neurological examination. The presence of early posthypoxic myoclonus (PHM) following cardiac arrest had been invariably associated with poor outcome, but more recent studies have shown that those with early PHM may survive with good neurological function. Electroencephalographic patterns suggestive of severe ...[more]