Category: Neurology
Keywords: cardiac arrest, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, seizure (PubMed Search)
Posted: 2/25/2015 by WanTsu Wendy Chang, MD
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Neurologic causes of cardiac arrest have not been well described. Two recent retrospective studies looked at the epidemiology and clinical features of these patients.
Hubner P. et al.
Arnaout M. et al.
Neurologic causes of cardiac arrest are uncommon presentations that may be difficult to distinguish from cardiac etiology of cardiac arrest. If history and clinical presentation suggests a neurologic cause, obtain a non-contrast head CT for evaluation.
Hubner P, Meron G, Kurkciyan I, et al. Neurologic causes of cardiac arrest and outcomes. J Emerg Med. 2014;47(6):660-667.
Arnaout M, Mongardon N, Deye N, et al. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest from Brain Cause: Epidemiology, Clinical features, and Outcome in a Multicenter Cohort. Crit Care Med. 2015;43(2):453-460.
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