cognitive disorders memory and concentration disturbances
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. TTM study patients who are alive at six-month follow-up and give consent to the cognitive sub-study 2. Informants (usually a relative or close friend/caregiver) of the patient above (1) who give consent to the cognitive sub-study 3. STEMI patients at the given centre, the sex-matched patient who best fits in age to the TMM patient above (1) with a similar date of infarct who gives consent to the cognitive sub-study 4. Informants (usually a relative or close friend/caregiver) of 3 above who give consent to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The same exclusion criteria as for the main TTM study with the addition that control patients should not have a history of cardiac arrest. Exclusion criteria TTM study: Conscious patients, pregnancy, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of presumed non-cardiac cause, cardiac arrest after arrival in hospital, known bleeding diathesis, suspected or confirmed acute intracranial bleeding, suspected or confirmed acute stroke, temperature on admission 240 minutes from ROSC to randomisation, no informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparing scores on cognitive test scales between patients after cardiac arrest treated with 33 or 36 degrees and patients after myocardial infarction. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparing the intensity of care for the carers between patients after cardiac arrest and patients after myocardial infarction | — |
Countries
Netherlands