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Ait Hssain A, Chalkias A, Vahedian-Azimi A, Elmelliti H, Alamami A, Tawel R, Morgom M, Jamal Ullah F, Arif R, Mehmood M, El Melliti H, Talal Basrak M, Akbar A, Saif Ibrahim A: Survival rates with favorable neurological outcomes after in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2024; 87: 103889

May 13, 2024

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the survival rates with favorable neurological outcomes among patients who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). DESIGN: This prospective cohort study assessed 554 adult patients with IHCA or OHCA referred to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar, between February 2015 and November 2021. Neurologic outcomes were measured using the Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) score. Survival rate and neurologic status were re-evaluated at 28 days, hospital discharge, and one year after cardiac arrest (CA). FINDINGS: For all participants, the hospital discharge and one-year survival rates with a favorable neurological outcome (CPC