The post ROSC comatose patient may be a diagnostic challenge, if an obvious cardiac cause is not evident. Investigations for undifferentiated patients may include an electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, haed CT, metabolic screen and echocardiography.
The Study
Branch K RH et al. Diagnostic yield, safety and outcomes of Head-to-pelvis sudden death CTimaging in post arrest care: The CT FIRST cogort study. Resuscitation 188(2023)109785.
What They Did
N=143
This was a prospective observational pre-cohort ( standard care alone) and post-cohort (head to pelvis CT Scan) study of patients with ROSC from idiopathic OHCA.
