A Combined Microdialysis and FDG-PET Study for Detection of Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest

Brain injury remains the leading cause of death in comatose patients resuscitated from OHCA. One of the most challenging aspects in the treatment of a post-cardiac arrest patient is the assessment of the extent of brain damage. Reliable, clinical measures of ongoing brain injury have potential to guide individualized treatment and potentially improve outcomes. Persistent candidate measures to fill this role is combined cerebral metabolism monitoring assessed by jugular bulb microdialysis (JBM) and positron emission tomography (PET) of 18-Fluor deoxyglucose (\[F-18\]-FDG). This multimodal neuromonitoring is cutting-edge technology used in a clinical setting