Neuropsychological outcome after cardiac arrest: Rationale and description of a sub-study of The Target Temperature Management 2 Trial

Background: Brain injury is the primary cause of mortality and morbidity in resuscitated cardiac arrest. This abstract describes a planned study designed to provide detailed and longitudinal information on cognition after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and its relationship to associated factors as emotional function, fatigue, and sleep. There is a lack of longitudinal studies examining several cognitive domains post-cardiac arrest. A...