METHOD OF PREDICTING OR PROGNOSTICATING NEUROLOGICAL PERFORMANCE IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST AND OPTIONALLY COMATOSE STATUS DUE TO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

摘要

This invention refers to the medical field, in particular to the field of diagnosis and prognosis. Particularly, the invention relates to a method of predicting or prognosticating neurological performance in patients which have suffered a cardiac arrest, and optionally comatose status, due to ventricular fibrillation, wherein the method comprises processing at least one electrocardiogram lead from the patient showing the ventricular fibrillation trace prior to the first direct current shock to generate a Power-Spectral-Density (PSD) spectrum, preferably a power spectral density spectrum using the Welch method, and using as an indicator whether the Dominant Frequency value (DF) of the PSD spectrum is at or above 3.9 Hz or below 3.9 Hz in the PSD spectrum.