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What serum biomarkers are most helpful in cardiac arrest prognostication?

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Which serums markers do you use in clinical practice if any?

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Neurology · Stanford Health Care Stroke Center
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Neuron-specific enolase. This is checked at 24, 48, and 72 hours. It is, however, NOT to be used in isolation for prognostication, which is multimodal, including clinical exam after clearance of sedation (typically at 5 days post arrest), EEG (e.g., looking for reactivity of background), NSE, and MR...

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