Early myoclonic status and outcome after cardiorespiratory arrest

Morris, Huw, Howard, R. S. and Brown, P. 1998. Early myoclonic status and outcome after cardiorespiratory arrest. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 64 (2) , pp. 267-268. 10.1136/jnnp.64.2.267

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Abstract

It has been suggested that early myoclonic status after cardiorespiratory arrest is an agonal event. Here we describe three cases who developed early myoclonic status during a coma after cardiorespiratory arrest due to acute asthma. As consciousness improved, each patient developed Lance-Adams type multifocal myoclonus, but the eventual outcome was satisfactory. Only one patient needed assistance to walk, and all three were self caring. One patient had persistent dyscalculia. Early myoclonic status is not necessarily an agonal event, particularly when it follows arrest due to acute asthma or asphyxia.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0022-3050
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2015 11:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81751

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