| Survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: morbidity and long-term survival. | |
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PMID: 6518008 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Sudden cardiac death accounts for two thirds of death due to coronary artery disease. Advanced cardiac life support can now be brought directly to patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and in this country, as many as 30% of such patients can be discharged from the hospital annually. Certain clinical and resuscitation-related factors are predictive of mortality and morbidity. The best clinical predictors of long-term survival are absence of previous history of myocardial infarction, lack of congestive heart failure during hospitalization, and age less than 60 years. Resuscitation-related predictors of long-term survival are a short time collapse to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and a short time from collapse to CPR combined with a short time to provision of definitive care. The majority of cardiac arrest survivors are able to resume previous levels of function. |
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Authors:
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M S Eisenberg; L Bergner; A Hallstrom |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of emergency medicine Volume: 2 ISSN: 0735-6757 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Emerg Med Publication Date: 1984 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1985-03-21 Completed Date: 1985-03-21 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8309942 Medline TA: Am J Emerg Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 189-92 Citation Subset: IM |
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Emergencies* Heart Arrest / mortality* Hospitalization Humans Resuscitation |
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