title: [What is the outcome of cardiac arrest survivors?].
abstract: In spite of recent advances, cardiac arrest remains a serious illness for which survival rate stays very low. If prehospital death remains the major problem, in-hospital death is also important. Two thirds of deaths in intensive care are the result of initial brain damage. After discharge, risk of recurrence for victims of sudden death is important and requires specific care and sometimes the implant of a cardiac defibrillator. In survivors, medium and long-term survival is satisfactory and close to that of patients with similar age and comorbidities that have not suffered cardiac arrest. The << minor >> cerebral sequels remain unknown and their impact on quality of life needs further attention.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation médicale, hôpital Cochin (AP-HP), 75679 Paris cedex 14, France. loic.guillevin@cch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fichet
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Charbonneau
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Giovanetti
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cariou
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D017741:Survivors