Bystander Efforts and 1-Year Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Among patients in Denmark who survived for 30 days after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR and bystander defibrillation were associated with significantly lower risks of brain damage or nursing home admission and of death from any cause than no bystander intervention.

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 376; no. 18; pp. 1737 - 1747
Main Authors:	Kragholm, Kristian, Wissenberg, Mads, Mortensen, Rikke N, Hansen, Steen M, Malta Hansen, Carolina, Thorsteinsson, Kristinn, Rajan, Shahzleen, Lippert, Freddy, Folke, Fredrik, Gislason, Gunnar, Køber, Lars, Fonager, Kirsten, Jensen, Svend E, Gerds, Thomas A, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Rasmussen, Bodil S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 04.05.2017
Subjects:	Adult Aged Ambulance services Cardiac arrest Cardiology Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Clinical outcomes CPR Denmark Electric Countershock Female Heart attacks Humans Hypoxia, Brain - epidemiology Hypoxia, Brain - etiology Institutionalization - statistics & numerical data Intention to Treat Analysis Male Middle Aged Nursing Homes Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - complications Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - mortality Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - therapy Patients Risk Survival Analysis Volunteers Denmark
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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