What is full recovery? Reconsidering outcome of cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation beyond Glasgow–Pittsburgh Cerebral Performance Categories 1

Cerebral performance of survivors from cardiopulmonary arrest is usually based on the Glasgow–Pittsburgh Cerebral performance categories (GP-CPC), and favorable neurological outcome are GP-CPC 1 (good cerebral performance) and GP-CPC 2 (moderate cerebral disability). Especially, CPC 1 is called full recovery. However, do the patients categorized as GP-CPC 1 work as they did before? We evaluated higher brain function among patients who were classed GP-CPC 1 and analyzed the factors influencing it.