Incorporating baseline functional status to improve validity of neurological outcome assessments following cardiac arrest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological status at hospital discharge is routinely used to assess patient outcome after cardiac arrest. However, attribution of impairment to the arrest is valid only if baseline neurological status is known. This study evaluated whether incorporating baseline neurological status improves performance of a widely employed neurological outcome scale for quantifying arrest-attributable morbidity.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of two U.S. hospitals. Neurological function was assessed via Cerebral performance category (CPC), an ordinal five-point scale with 1 indicating sufficient cognition to lead an independent life and 5 representing brain death. Hospitalized adult patients who suffered in-hospital cardiac arrest for which cardiopulmonary resuscitation was

SUBMITTER: Eng KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6710150 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature