Long‐and Short‐Term Mortality Rates in Patients who Primarily Survive Cardiac Arrest Compared with a Normal Population
Long‐and Short‐Term Mortality Rates in Patients who Primarily Survive Cardiac Arrest Compared with a Normal Population
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心脏骤停后幸存的患者与正常人群的长期和短期死亡率
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
A. Thomassen
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作者:
M. Wernberg;A. Thomassen
This is a follow‐up study of 180 survivors after cardiac arrest outside intensive care and coronary care units. The follow‐up extended over 0.5 to 8.5 years (average 4.3 years) after the primary cardiac arrest. Of the patients, 72 (40%) were discharged from hospital, 13 with anoxic brain damage. Thirty‐one per cent of the discharged patients died within the first year; death had occurred in 43% after 2 years, and in 50% after 3 years. After that time, the mortality was similar to that of a comparable normal population. At the end of the study, 34 patients were still alive, including eight with neurological sequelae. Their present cardiac function was satisfactory in the majority (59%) of the patients falling into group I or II of the American Heart Association classification. Their social situation, however, left much to be desired, as only 50% had fully or partly regained their previous level of activity.