Cerebrovascular autoregulation following cardiac arrest: Protocol for a post hoc analysis of the randomised COMACARE pilot trial

Background Approximately two‐thirds of the mortality following out of hospital cardiac arrest is related to devastating neurological injury. Previous small cohort studies have reported an impaired cerebrovascular autoregulation following cardiac arrest, but no studies have assessed the impact of differences in oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in addition to mean arterial pressure management. Methods This is a protocol and statistical analysis...