Lapses of the Heart: Frequency and Subjective Salience of Impressions Reported by Patients after Cardiac Arrest.

ABSTRACT: After cardiac arrest (CA), some patients report impressions with highly realistic features, often referred to as near-death experience (NDE). The frequency of such episodes seems to be variable, with various types of content. In a prospective study, we subjected 126 CA cases treated at the Department of Emergency Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna under carefully controlled conditions to a structured interview. We included all patients admitted due to CA, whose communicative abilities were restored and who agreed to participate in the study. The questionnaire inquired as to living conditions, attitudes towards issues of life and death, and last recollections before and first impressions after the CA. The majority of the subjects (91 = 76%) replied to inquiries concerning impressi

SUBMITTER: Sterz F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10004426 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature