•Age | |
•Gender | |
▪Co morbidities | |
▪Chronic heart failure (NYHA 3 or worse) | |
▪Previous acute myocardial infarction | |
▪Ischemic heart disease | |
▪Previous cardiac arrhythmia | |
▪Arterial hypertension | |
▪Previous neurological disease | |
▪Diabetes mellitus | |
▪Asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
•Pre-hospital variables (only CA patients) | |
▪Location of cardiac arrest | |
▪Bystander witnessed arrest | |
▪Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) | |
▪First monitored rhythm at arrival of emergency medical service | |
▪Use of active compression-decompression device | |
▪Time from cardiac arrest to start of basic life support | |
▪Time from arrest to start of advanced life support | |
▪Time from arrest to return of spontaneous circulation | |
▪Cardiac interventions | |
▪Percutaneous coronary intervention | |
▪Coronary bypass grafting | |
▪Valvular surgery | |
▪Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator | |
▪Pacemaker | |
•Hospital length-of-stay | |
•Pre-arrest Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) | |
•Level of education (≥12 years/<12 years) | |
•Medications at the time of the arrest (MI) | |
•Medications at the time of the follow-up | |
•Disabilities that could affect the test performance | |
▪Hearing | |
▪Speech | |
▪Dyslexia | |
▪Vision | |
▪Paresis | |
•Time from CA/MI to follow-up | |
•Employment status (pre-arrest/follow-up) | |
•Place of stay at the time of follow-up |