Much attention has been paid to targeted temperature management (TTM) in post-cardiac arrest patients. The evidence for this practice continues to evolve, and previous episodes of Critical Matters have covered this topic. In this episode, Dr. Zanotti focuses on other aspects of Neurological Support in the ICU for post-cardiac arrest patients. He is joined by Dr. Edilberto Amorin, a neurologist with subspecialty training in critical care and epilepsy. He has expertise in neurological intensive care, telemedicine, and multimodal brain monitoring with EEG. Dr Amorin is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and directs the Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Service at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Additional resources:

Critical Care Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Neurocritical Care Society. Circulation 2024: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38040992/

Treating Rhythmic and Periodic EEG Patterns in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest.TELSTAR Investigators. N Engl J Med 2022: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2115998

Improving Outcomes After Post-Cardiac Arrest Brain Injury: A Scientific Statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. ILCOR 2024: https://www.ilcor.org/news/improving-outcomes-after-post-cardiac-arrest-brain-injury

Books mentioned in this episode:

As Real as it Gets: The Life of a Hospital at the Center of the AIDS Epidemic. By Carol Pogash: https://bit.ly/4d4xHZC

C. Miller Fisher: Stroke in the 2oth Century. By LR Caplan: https://bit.ly/3XFw3Jw