Drs. Robert Neumar and Cindy Hsu (both at University of Michigan) continue their discussion with Dr. Felipe Teran following the plenary “Year in Review” presentation by Dr. Neumar at the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium (ReSS) in Philadelphia. If you missed ReSS, this is your chance to hear summaries of the top studies that impacted cardiac arrest and post-arrest care in the past 12 months. Note that this is the second part of a two-part podcast: Check your earlier in this feed for Episode 14 contains the first half of this conversation.

Key readings for this podcast include:

• Nordberg P et al. Effect of Trans-Nasal Evaporative Intra-arrest Cooling on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The PRINCESS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA2019 May 7;321(17):1677-1685. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31063573


• Lascarrou JB et al. Targeted Temperature Management for Cardiac Arrest with Nonshockable Rhythm. N Engl J Med. 2019 Dec 12;381(24):2327-2337. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31577396


• Scarpino et al. Neurophysiology and neuroimaging accurately predict poor neurological outcome within 24 hours after cardiac arrest: The ProNeCA prospective multicentre prognostication study. Resuscitation. 2019 Oct;143:11 5-123. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31400398


• Moseby-Knappe M et al. Serum Neurofilament Light Chain for Prognosis of Outcome After Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Neurol. 2019 Jan 1;76(1):64-71. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30383090


• Oddo M et al. Quantitative versus standard pupillary light reflex for early prognostication in comatose cardiac arrest patients: an international prospective multicenter double-blinded study. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Dec;44(12):2102-2111. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30478620


• Vreselja Z et al. Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem. Nature. 2019 Apr;568(7752):336-343. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30996318