Brain monitoring in unconscious ICU patients after cardiac arrest
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests a bedside brain-monitoring method (near-infrared light and EEG) in people who are unconscious after severe brain injury from cardiac arrest. The goal is to see whether it can help measure brain function during the first week after admission.
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Who can take part
- Be 18 years or older
- Have had a severe hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, or lack of oxygen to the brain after cardiac arrest and CPR (or be in the conscious control group)
- If in the unconscious group: be unconscious (not responding to verbal stimuli) or be sedated to match the sickest severity, with specific movement responses to pain
- Informed consent must be signed by your legal representative (for unconscious patients)
- The monitoring must be possible within 7 days after ICU admission
- You (or the patient) should not be pregnant or breastfeeding if able to become pregnant
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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