QUality Of Life and surviVAl in carDIac arreSt Patients

Despite recent improvements in post-resuscitation care, about 50% of patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest die or have poor neurological prognosis. Post-anoxic brain injury is common after cardiac arrest and is a major cause of post-resuscitation mortality. Since there has been a significant investment in improving the emergency response to both in-hospital ad out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA and OHCA, respectevly) patients and reported improvements in short-term survival outcomes, the long-term neurological state and quality of life of survivors and their caregiver is of growing significance.

QUO VADIS is a national observational study created to describe clinical interventions and utilization of neuroprognostication tools in the management of patients admitted to ICU following cardiac arrest.

The aims of the study are:

• To create an Italian Registry that describes clinical interventions and neuroprognostication tools used in the management of patients admitted to ICU following cardiac arrest
• To evaluate, after one year from the cardiac arrest, the neurological outcome and the quality of life of the patients;
• To evaluate, after one year from the cardiac arrest, the quality of life of caregivers;
• To identify the most effective clinical intervention in the management of post-cardiac arrest patients admitted to ICU;
• To create a prognostic model for patients admitted to ICU after cardiac arrest.

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 14 years;
• Cardiac Arrest within 24 hours ICU admission

Exclusion criteria

• Absence of Informed consent;
• Age < 14 years