Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP) and Pupillary Light Reflex (PLR) are key methods for neurologic prognostication in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. Both methods have low false positive rates.Though they assess different functions of the brain, they should both be sensitive to severe anoxic/ischemic injury from cardiac arrest. The aim of this observational prospective study with an estimated recruitment of 50 patients is to examine the interrelation between PLR and SSEP. PLR will be assessed by Neurological Pupil index (NPi) and SSEP by the cortical N20 response to stimulation of the median nerve.
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The association between NPi and bilateral absence of the cortical SSEP response.
Timeframe: SSEP and pupillometry performed 48 hours after cardiac arrest