Effects of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy on long-term neurological outcome after cardiac arrest − A multicentre matched cohort study
In patients with at least 2 ERC/ESICM criteria predictive of poor outcome, the risk of self-fulfilling prophecy from WLST was negligible. However, in patients with an indeterminate prognosis, the practice of WLST was associated with a lower likelihood of good functional outcome.
Authors
- Riccardo Carrai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7059-8667)
- Josef Dankiewicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-6749)
- Christian Hassager (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-0981)
- Tobias Cronberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-3058)
- Susann Ullén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-9230)
- Seok Jin Ryu
- Byung Kook Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3571-9448)
- Andreas Lundin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6623-6847)
- Maenia Scarpino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9930-501X)
- Matthias Hænggi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5845-031X)
- Janus Christian Jakobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3642-2120)
- Hans Friberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-0098)
- Antonello Grippo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9997-8564)
- Paul Jeffrey Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-3083)
- Erik Westhall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6552-4665)
- Christian Rylander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4534-7150)
- Marion Moseby‐Knappe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-5957)
- Gisela Lilja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-1456)
- Alice Lagebrant
- Helena Levin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-3954)
- Jan Bělohlávek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9455-9224)
- Sang Hoon Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-1148)
- Matthew Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-3495)
- Claudia Schrag
- Thomas R. Keeble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8695-7994)
- Manoj Saxena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-6731)
- Michaël Kuiper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6201-7332)
- Matt P. Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2763-4316)
- Christian Storm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-1650)
- Chun Song Youn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-7703)
- Anders Morten Grejs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8850-2982)
- Hans Kirkegaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4853-8152)
- Niklas Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-126X)
- Claudio Sandroni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-2611)
- Chiara Robba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-3845)
- Pascal Stammet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0298-1012)
- Mauro Oddo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-2525)
- Dong Hun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3612-3443)
- Kyu Nam Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-7690)
- Jesper Kjærgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2181-4743)
- Alain Cariou
- Tommaso Pellis
- Janneke Horn
- Fabio Silvio Taccone
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (LU)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of the West of England (GB)
- University of Luxembourg (LU)
- Lund University (SE)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Charles University (CZ)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospital of Wales (GB)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden (NL)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
- ASL Roma (IT)
- Chonnam National University Hospital (KR)
- Hôpital Cochin (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Bristol Hospital (US)
- Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (GB)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (IT)
- St George Hospital (AU)
- Helsingborgs lasarett (SE)
- Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (NZ)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
- Capital Region of Denmark (DK)
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino (IT)
- The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital (KR)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Catholic University of Korea (KR)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Resuscitation
- Published
- 2025-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110747
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.53
Funders
- Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
- Hjärt-Lungfonden
- Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine
- Vetenskapsrådet
- TrygFonden
- Stiftelsen Konsul Thure Carlssons Minne
- Health Research Council of New Zealand