Neuropsychological Outcome following Resuscitation after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A One-Year Follow-Up

Table 1

Results at the three measuring points (raw scores).

Skill	Aspect	Measure	Baseline	6 months	12 months
Memory	Verbal immediate span	Correct answers	4	6	6
	Verbal working memory	Correct answers	1	7	7
	Verbal delayed free recall	Correct answers	1	7	7
	Verbal delayed recognition	Correct answers	3	13	11
	Visual memory/immediate span	Correct answers	7	9	12
	Visual memory/working memory	Correct answers	5	10	8
	Visual memory/long-term retention	Points for correctly reproduced items	10,5	17,5	18
Attention	Tonic alertness	Median reaction time in ms	537	316	296
	Phasic alertness	Median reaction time in ms	663	432	322
	Information processing speed/Reading colour names	Seconds	245	18	18
	Information processing speed/naming colours	Seconds	325	23	22
	Divided attention	Missing items	15	6	4
	Vigilance	Missing items/mistakes	Withdrawal	Withdrawal	3/1
	Go/NoGo	Mistakes	1	1	2
Executive functions	Planning and problem solving	Number of correctly solved trials	17	18	17
	Semantic fluency	Number of correct words	13	13	14
	Semantic shifting	Number of correct words	8	13	13
	Phonemic fluency	Number of correct words	8	7	8
	Phonemic shifting	Number of correct words	8	11	10
	Figural fluency	Number of correct figures created	11	24	20
	Interference, table 3	Reading time in seconds	84	43	37
	Interference, table 3-table 2	Difference in seconds	52	20	15
	Verbal concept formation	Correct answers (max. 3)	3	3	3
	Action flexibility	Correct sequence	Yes	Yes	Yes
Visuoconstruction	Copy of complex figure	Correct details (max. 36)	36	36	35