THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA IN POST-CARDIAC ARREST SYNDROME: ROLE OF NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE AS EARLY PREDICTOR OF NEUROLOGICAL STATUS AT DISCHARGE

Background: Several biomarkers of brain damage, particularly neuron-specific enolase (NSE), have been used to evaluate neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). In patients not undergoing therapeutic hypothermia (TH), previous studies have proposed a cutoff value of 33 ng/ml at