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Serial soluble neur...
Serial soluble neurofilament heavy chain in plasma as a marker of brain injury after cardiac arrest
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- Rundgren, Malin (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Anestesiologi och intensivvård,Sektion II,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Anesthesiology and Intensive Care,Section II,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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- Friberg, Hans (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Anestesiologi och intensivvård,Sektion II,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Anesthesiology and Intensive Care,Section II,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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- Cronberg, Tobias (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Neurology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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Romner, Bertil (author)
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Petzold, Axel (author)
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- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2012
- 2012
- English.
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In: Critical Care. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1364-8535. ; 16:2
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- Introduction: Induced hypothermia has been shown to improve outcome after cardiac arrest, but early prognostication is hampered by the need for sedation. Here we tested whether a biomarker for neurodegeneration, the neurofilament heavy chain (NfH), may improve diagnostic accuracy in the first days after cardiac arrest. Methods: This prospective study included 90 consecutive patients treated with hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Plasma levels of phosphorylated NfH (SMI35) were quantified using standard ELISA over a period of 72 h after cardiac arrest. The primary outcome was the dichotomized Cerebral Performance Categories scale (CPC). A best CPC 1-2 during 6 months follow-up was considered a good outcome, a best CPC of 3-4 a poor outcome. Receiver operator characteristics and area under the curve were calculated. Results: The median age of the patients was 65 years, and 63 (70%) were male. A cardiac aetiology was identified in 62 cases (69%). 77 patients (86%) had out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The outcome was good in 48 and poor in 42 patients. Plasma NfH levels were significantly higher 2 and 36 hours after cardiac arrest in patients with poor outcome (median 0.28 ng/mL and 0.5 ng/mL, respectively) compared to those with good outcome (0 ng/mL, p = 0.016, p < 0.005, respectively). The respective AUC were 0.72 and 0.71. Conclusions: Plasma NfH levels correlate to neurological prognosis following cardiac arrest. In this study, 15 patients had neurological co-morbidities and there was a considerable overlap of data. As such, neurofilament should not be used for routine neuroprognostication until more data are available.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Anestesi och intensivvård (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (hsv//eng)
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