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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2024

Return to Work After Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients Managed With or Without Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Nationwide Register-Based Study.

Emilie Gregers, Kristian Kragholm, Louise Linde, Sivagowry Rasalingam Mørk, Jo Bønding Andreasen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Jens Flensted Lassen, Jacob Eifer Møller, Helle Laugesen, Morten Smerup and 6 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Recovery Phase in the Chain of Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients: Scoping Review.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Emilie GregersDepartment of Cardiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1775-9457
Kristian KragholmDepartment of Cardiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.
Louise LindeDepartment of Cardiology Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7757-2571
Sivagowry Rasalingam MørkDepartment of Cardiology Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4905-4590
Jo Bønding AndreasenDepartment of Anaesthesiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6615-4438
Christian Juhl TerkelsenDepartment of Cardiology Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus Denmark.
Jens Flensted LassenDepartment of Cardiology Odense University Hospital Odense Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7972-9192
Jacob Eifer MøllerDepartment of Cardiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2873-5845
Helle LaugesenDepartment of Anaesthesiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.
Morten SmerupDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.
Jesper KjærgaardDepartment of Cardiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5244-0399
Peter Hasse Møller-SørensenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8439-7743
Lene HolmvangDepartment of Cardiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.
Christian Torp-PedersenDepartment of Cardiology North Zealand Hospital Hillerød Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2892-6131
Christian HassagerDepartment of Cardiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1199-0981
Helle SøholmDepartment of Cardiology Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-0662-0898
Rigshospitalet · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKAarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKOdense University Hospital · DKZealand University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExtracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is increasingly used for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, survivors managed with ECPR are at risk of poor functional status. The purpose of this study was to investigate return to work (RTW) after refractory OHCA. METHODS AND

resultsOf 44 360 patients with OHCA in the period of 2011 to 2020, this nationwide registry-based study included 805 patients with refractory OHCA in the working age (18-65 years) who were employed before OHCA (2% of the total OHCA cohort). Demographics, prehospital characteristics, status at hospital arrival, employment status, and survival were retrieved through the Danish national registries. Sustainable RTW was defined as RTW for ≥6 months without any long sick leave relapses. Median follow-up time was 4.1 years. ECPR and standard advanced cardiovascular life support were applied in 136 and 669 patients, respectively. RTW 1 year after OHCA was similar (39% versus 54%;

conclusionsIn refractory OHCA-patients employed prior to OHCA, approximately 1 out of 2 patients were employed after 1 year with no difference between patients treated with ECPR or standard advanced cardiovascular life support. Younger age and shorter length of hospitalization were associated with RTW while ECPR was not.

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Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestAdolescentAdultAgedHospitalsHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesReturn to WorkYoung Adultextracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitationout‐of‐hospital cardiac arrestreturn to work

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PMID38533974
PMCPMC11179786
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