Should We Prolong the Observation Period for Neurological Recovery After Cardiac Arrest?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate whether the recommended observation period of 7 days for cardiac arrest survivors is sufficient for conscious recovery and to identify the variables associated with eventual neurologic recovery among patients with delayed awakening.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

A single tertiary medical center.

Patients

Five-hundred twenty-nine nontraumatic adult cardiac arrest survivors with prearrest favorable neurologic function (Cerebral Performance Category 1-2) who survived to hospital discharge during 2011-2019.

Interventions

The enrolled patients were classified into favorable (Cerebral Performance Category 1-2) and poor (Cerebral Performance Category 3-4) neurologic recovery according to their neurologic function at hospita

SUBMITTER: Tsai MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8855944 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature