Special Imaging Technique to Aid in the Diagnosis of Patients in Coma After Cardiac Arrest
- Conditions
- Brain Death
- Registration Number
- NCT02102945
- Lead Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 5
Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - All adult patients (age range: 18-80 years), in a coma for at least 24 hours<br> following cardiac arrest who are admitted to our cardiac intensive care unit and who<br> have recovered body temperature back to normal after being subjected to the<br> therapeutic hypothermia protocol will be included in the study.<br><br> - Also included are those patients whose next of kin have provided consent for the<br> study.<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - patients who are pregnant,<br><br> - those with impaired renal function,<br><br> - those who have contraindications to the CT contrast media (such as a known allergy<br> or anaphylactic reactions) and<br><br> - those who do not provide consent. Pregnant patients will be excluded to avoid any<br> potential adverse effect of radiation from CT perfusion study on the developing<br> foetus. A developing foetus is more vulnerable to radiation when compared to adult<br> patients.<br><br>Patients above 80 years will be excluded to avoid age related comorbidities affecting the<br>patients' survival.<br><br>We do not see patients below 18 years of age at our institution thus they will be<br>excluded.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical evaluation of brainstem function
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability