Open AccessRecovery, long-term cognitive outcome and quality of life following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Author(s) -
Chun Soo Lim,
Mieke Verfaellie,
David M. Schnyer,
Ginette Lafleche,
Michael P. Alexander
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of rehabilitation medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1651-2081
pISSN - 1650-1977
DOI - 10.2340/16501977-1816
Subject(s) - coma (optics) , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , cognition , cohort , pediatrics , psychiatry , physics , nursing , optics
Among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), the functional outcomes of those with rapid early or with very delayed recoveries are known. For patients between those extremes early recovery is variable, and the probability of longer-term recovery and the implications for quality of life have not been clearly defined.