Inter-rater reliability of post-arrest cerebral performance category (CPC) scores.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scores are often an outcome measure for post-arrest neurologic function, collected worldwide to compare performance, evaluate therapies, and formulate recommendations. At most institutions, no formal training is offered in their determination, potentially leading to misclassification.

Materials and methods

We identified 171 patients at 2 hospitals between 5/10/2005 and 8/31/2012 with two CPC scores at hospital discharge recorded independently - in an in-house quality improvement database and as part of a national registry. Scores were abstracted retrospectively from the same electronic medical record by two separate non-clinical researchers. These scores were compared to assess inter-rater reliability and stratified based on whethe

SUBMITTER: Grossestreuer AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990009 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature