Diagnostic pitfalls in patients with hypoxic brain damage: three case reports

Our findings demonstrate that a poor prognosis can only be established if either SEPs, NSE, or S-100B are very abnormal. The conflicting results in our patients indicate that variable values may reflect different patterns of neuropathological damage caused by diffuse hypoxia. We, therefore, favour a multi-modal approach with a combination of clinical, biochemical, and electrophysiological investigations in order to predict neurological outcome after CA reliably.