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Good outcome in octogenarians after ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Critical Care volume 13, Article number: P66 (2009)
Introduction
Methods
We retrospectively studied 115 OHCA survivors that were treated with MIH in our ICU from 2002 to 2008 with regard to cerebral performance category (CPC) at hospital discharge. Inclusion criteria were the same as in the Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group except for the age limits. Bad outcome was defined as severe disability (CPC3), vegetative state (CPC4) and death (CPC5).
Results
Bad outcome was significantly more frequent in patients older than 60 years (chi-square P = 0.003), but even in patients older than 80 years we had good outcome in more than 50% of cases. The neurological outcome according to the different age groups is displayed in Figure 1.
Conclusion
Although age seems to influence outcome, we found a surprisingly high incidence of good outcome even in the oldest comatose survivors after ventricular fibrillation OHCA treated with MIH. Hence, our data do not support a limitation of neurointensive care based on age alone.
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Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group: Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2002, 346: 549-556. 10.1056/NEJMoa012689
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Busch, M., Søreide, E. Good outcome in octogenarians after ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Crit Care 13 (Suppl 1), P66 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7230
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