October 30, 2014Circulation

Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes 12 Months After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Population

697 adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors between 2010 and 2012 in Victoria, Australia.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

12 months

Authors

KSKaren SmithUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill EAEmily AndrewCross-Cutting Cardiology MLMarijana LijovicMonash University

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Implication

May reassure on long-term QoL after OHCA; extends observational data on survivor recovery.

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Population

697 adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors (from 927 who survived to hospital discharge out of 15,113 attended by paramedics) between 2010 and 2012 in Victoria, Australia.

Outcome

Quality of life and functional outcomes at 12 months postarrest measured via Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended, 12-item short form health survey, and EuroQolpatient reported

Many out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors have an acceptable quality of life and functional recovery at 12 months postarrest, comparable to population norms.

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Smith et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a033b5198cafe0df575796c https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.114.011200

Topics

Ventricular arrhythmias

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Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes 12 Months After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes 12 Months After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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