Status Myoclonus with Post-cardiac-arrest Syndrome: Implications for Prognostication

Status myoclonus (SM) after cardiac arrest (CA) may signify devastating brain injury. We hypothesized that SM correlates with severe neurologic and systemic post-cardiac-arrest syndrome (PCAS). Charts of patients admitted with CA to Mayo Clinic Saint Marys Hospital between 2005 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Data included the neurologic examination, ancillary neurologic tests, and systemic markers of PCAS. Nonsustained myoclonus was...