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- 2018
Long-term outcome of elderly out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors as compared with their younger counterparts and the general populationKeywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cerebral performance, elderly, long-term mortality, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, prognosis Abstract: 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
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