Brief cardiac arrest? Tend to the heart, but don’t neglect the brain
Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless receive a detailed neuropsychological assessment before being discharged, suggests a joint study by researchers at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and Israel’s Rambam Medical Center. The study found that patients discharged in “good neurological condition” after a brief cardiac arrest (when […]
