The Cerebral Performance Categories - Extended (CPC-E) is a valid and reliable criterion-referenced tool based on the original Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) (Safar, 1981) and consists of 10 items. Six items are to be administered in the hospital prior to discharge (Alert, Short Term Memory, Logical Thinking, Attention, Motor, and Basic Activities of Daily Living), and 4 items (Mood, Fatigue, Complex Activities of Daily Living, and Return to Work) are to be administered post-discharge. Although originally designed to be used with cardiac arrest survivors, some have found the CPC-E to be useful in the ICU and acute care settings.
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