%0 Journal Article
%T Long-term outcome of elderly out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors
as compared with their younger counterparts and the general
population
%A Anthony R. Absalom
%A Bart Hiemstra
%A Iwan C. C. van der Horst
%A Joukje van der Naalt
%A Maarten W. Nijsten
%A Pim van der Harst
%A Remco Bergman
%A Ronald de Vos
%A Wybe Nieuwland
%J Archive of "Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease".
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1753944718792420
%X Over the past decade, prehospital and in-hospital treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has improved considerably. There are sparse data on the long-term outcome, especially in elderly patients. We studied whether elderly patients benefit to the same extent compared with younger patients and at long-term follow up as compared with the general population
%K cardiopulmonary resuscitation
%K cerebral performance
%K elderly
%K long-term mortality
%K out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
%K prognosis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266245/