The Benefit of Neuromuscular Blockade in Patients with Postanoxic Myoclonus Otherwise Obscuring Continuous Electroencephalography (CEEG)

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Total patients ()	12
Age (average, range; yrs)	53.25	28, 78
Male (, %)	7	58.3
Past medical history (, %)
HTN	6	50.0
DMII	1	8.3
HLD	1	8.3
CKD	1	8.3
CAD	7	58.3
Cancer	4	33.3
Sepsis	2	16.7
Type of arrest (, %)
PEA/asystole	10	83.3
VFib/VTach	2	16.7

CAD, coronary artery disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; DMII, diabetes mellitus type II; HLD, hyperlipidemia; HTN, hypertension; , number; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; VFib, ventricular fibrillation; VTach, ventricular tachycardia; yrs, years.