In Germany, 70.000 to 100.000 patients suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) every year. More than half of these are due to cardiac causes. Despite the medical progress over the last decades, rates of survival with good neurological outcome remain low. For many below-mentioned issues, no adequate evidence from randomized trials is available. Therefore, a systematic and standardized recording of the pre-clinical, clinical and post-clinical treatment course and of the clinical outcomes of OHCA patients is essential to improve patient care. Aim of the German Cardiac Arrest Registry (G-CAR) is to achieve a better understanding of the disease entity, leading to an optimized treatment of OHCA patients. The recorded data include information on demographic and psychosocial aspects, course of the disease, clinical, laboratory and other examinations as well as treatment modalities in patients with OHCA due to a cardiac cause.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
CHARITE - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Campus Virchow Klinikum
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGSLK-Kliniken Heilbronn - Klinikum am Plattenwald
Bad Friedrichshall, Germany
RECRUITINGCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
Berlin, Germany
RECRUITINGUniversitätsklinikum Bonn
Bonn, Germany
RECRUITINGBremer Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung am Klinikum Links der Weser
Bremen, Germany
RECRUITINGHerzzentrum der Universität zu Köln
Cologne, Germany
RECRUITINGHerzzentrum Dresden GmbH
Dresden, Germany
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGUniversitätsklinikum Düsseldorf - Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie
Düsseldorf, Germany
RECRUITINGElisabeth Krankenhaus Essen - Klinik für Akut- und Notfallmedizin
Essen, Germany
RECRUITINGKlinikum Frankfurt Höchst
Frankfurt, Germany
RECRUITING...and 15 more locations
In hospital mortality
Time frame: until discharge, an average of 2 weeks
Length of ICU stay
Time frame: until discharge, an average of 2 weeks
Length of hospital stay
Time frame: until discharge, an average of 2 weeks
Mortality
Time frame: Day 30
Mortality
Time frame: Month 6
European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level Version (EQ-5D)
five levels in each dimension are worded as (1) 'not /no problems', (2) 'slight problems', (3) 'moderate problems', (4) 'severe problems', and (5) 'unable to'
Time frame: Month 6
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
PTSS-14
Time frame: Month 6
Reintegration
Reintegration to Normal Living Index
Time frame: Month 6
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
score 0-21; higher value show more severe depression
Time frame: Month 6
Mini Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
score 0-15; 11 or higher is normal, 10 or less indicate cognitive dysfunction
Time frame: Month 6
Mini Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
score 0-15; 11 or higher is normal, 10 or less indicate cognitive dysfunction
Time frame: Month 12
Mortality
Time frame: Month 12
European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level Version (EQ-5D)
five levels in each dimension are worded as (1) 'not /no problems', (2) 'slight problems', (3) 'moderate problems', (4) 'severe problems', and (5) 'unable to'
Time frame: Month 12
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS-14)
scor 14-98; higher value indicate more post traumatic stress
Time frame: Month 12
Reintegration
Reintegration to Normal Living Index
Time frame: Month 12
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
score 0-21; higher value indicate more severe depression
Time frame: Month 12
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