title: [Advantages of a cohort study on cardiac arrest conducted by nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identifying factors associated to survival after cardiac arrest.
  
  
  METHODS
  An experience report of a cohort study conducted in a university hospital, with a consecutive sample comprised of 285 patients. Data were collected for a year by trained nurses. The training strategy was conducted through an expository dialogue lecture. Collection monitoring was carried out by nurses via telephone calls, visits to the emergency room and by medical record searches. The neurological status of survivors was evaluated at discharge, after six months and one year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 285 patients, 16 survived until hospital discharge, and 13 remained alive after one year, making possible to identify factors associated with survival. There were no losses in the process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cohort studies help identify risks and disease outcomes. Considering cardiac arrest, they can subsidize public policies, encourage future studies and training programs for CPR, thereby improving the prognosis of patients.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cássia Regina Vancini
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Campanharo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Educação e Desportos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Luiz
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Vancini
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Meiry Fernanda Pinto
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth Ester Assayag
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Álvaro Nagib
authors.initials: ÁN
authors.lastname: Atallah
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aécio Flávio Teixeira de
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Góis
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D015996:Survival Rate