Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reviews Review Faculty Publications- Reviews Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prognostic value of somatosensory-evoked potentials in neurology: A critical review in hypoxic encephalopathy Subject The topic of the resource Coma; Prognostication; Somatosensory-evoked potential Description An account of the resource Prediction of prognosis in comatose patients surviving a cardiac arrest is still one of the intractable problems in critical care neurology because of lack of fool-proof ways to assess the outcome. Of all these measures, somatosensory-evoked potential (SSEP) has been perhaps the most evaluated and heavily relied-upon tool over the past several decades for assessing coma. Recent studies have given rise to concerns regarding the 'absoluteness' of SSEP signals for the prognostic evaluation of coma. In this critical review, we searched the literature to focus on studies conducted so far on the prognostic evaluation of postanoxic coma using SSEPs. All those studies published on the use of SSEP as a prognostication tool in postanoxic coma were reviewed. A narrative review was created that included the strengths as well as limitations of the use of SSEP in postanoxic coma. The use of SSEP in coma has been universal for the purpose of prognostication. However, it has its own advantages as well as limitations. The limitations include challenges in performing and getting SSEP signals during coma as well as the challenges involved in reading and interpreting the signals. The recent usage of therapeutic hypothermia has become another factor that often interferes with the SSEP recording. Finally, based on these study results, some recommendations are generated for the effective use of SSEPs in comatose patients for further prognostication. We advocate that SSEP should be an integral component for the assessment of postanoxic comatose patients due to its several advantages over other assessment tools. However, SSEP recorDings should follow certain standards. One should be aware that its interpretation may be biased by several factors. The bias created by the concept of 'self-fulfilling hypothesis' should always be borne in mind before discontinuation of life support systems in terminal patients. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Song Y.; Prakash R.; Reddy J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Neurology India, Vol-64, No. 3, pp. 396-404. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.181555" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.181555</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84969174918&amp;doi=10.4103%2F0028-3886.181555&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=1a6cb6b79253102b94daff783a21bef0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84969174918&amp;doi=10.4103%2f0028-3886.181555&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=1a6cb6b79253102b94daff783a21bef0</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 283886; PubMed ID: 27147145; CODEN: NURYA Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Review Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Song Y., Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, First Clinical Medical College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Prakash R., Department of Neurophysiology, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Reddy J., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India