JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Neuropsychological sequelae of cardiac arrest.
Prospective and community-based studies on the cognitive outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have not been published. We studied prospectively the neuropsychological sequelae of cardiac arrest and evaluated the effects of nimodipine on them. ⋯ Moderate to severe neuropsychological sequelae of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are still present in approximately one half of the survivors at 1 year and may be permanent. There seems to be no excess of increased disability in the subgroup of patients with delayed advanced life support. Nimodipine failed to show any effect on the cognitive functions tested.
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To identify the predictors and prognosis associated with inability to get up after falling. ⋯ The risk factors for inability to get up were similar to those for falling, although certain factors imparted a particular risk of inability to get up without help. The frequency of inability to get up and the short- and long-term morbidity associated with this inability suggest the need for preventive and treatment efforts.