A 62-year-old man has ROSC after a 15-minute VF cardiac arrest. He remains comatose. At 72 hours, the neuroprognostication team performs assessment. W...

Question

A 62-year-old man has ROSC after a 15-minute VF cardiac arrest. He remains comatose. At 72 hours, the neuroprognostication team performs assessment. Which single clinical sign, if present bilaterally at ≥72 hours without confounders, has the lowest false positive rate for predicting poor neurological outcome?

Accepted Answer

Bilaterally absent pupillary light reflexes

Answer

Absent corneal reflexes

Answer

GCS motor score of 1 (no motor response)

Answer

Status myoclonus within 48 hours

Answer

Absent N20 responses on SSEP

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): Neuroprognostication