The New England journal of medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Treating Rhythmic and Periodic EEG Patterns in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest.
Whether the treatment of rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest improves outcomes is uncertain. ⋯ In comatose survivors of cardiac arrest, the incidence of a poor neurologic outcome at 3 months did not differ significantly between a strategy of suppressing rhythmic and periodic EEG activity with the use of antiseizure medication for at least 48 hours plus standard care and standard care alone. (Funded by the Dutch Epilepsy Foundation; TELSTAR ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02056236.).