All patients n = 97 | Poor outcome n = 72 | Good outcome n = 25 | p | |
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Age (years), mean ± SD | 57 ± 16 | 60 ± 15 | 50 ± 17 | 0.01 |
Male, n (%) | 75 (77) | 56 (78) | 19 (76) | 0.85 |
Medical history n (%) | ||||
Neurologic diseases | 11 (11) | 10 (14) | 1 (4) | 0.18 |
Cardiovascular diseases | ||||
Ischemic | 20 (21) | 19 (26) | 1 (4) | 0.017 |
Hypertensive | 34 (35) | 29 (40) | 5 (20) | 0.067 |
Congestive | 12 (12) | 10 (14) | 2 (8) | 0.44 |
Arrhythmic | 4 (5) | 3 (4) | 2 (8) | 0.82 |
Metabolic diseases | ||||
Diabetes mellitus | 17 (18) | 17 (24) | 0 | 0.007 |
Respiratory diseases | ||||
COPD | 7 (7) | 6 (8) | 1 (4) | 0.47 |
Liver diseases | ||||
Cirrhosis | 4 (4) | 4 (6) | 0 | 0.53 |
Resuscitation variables | ||||
Witnessed CA n (%) | 77 (79) | 57 (79) | 20 (80) | 0.93 |
In-hospital CA n (%) | 30 (31) | 26 (36) | 4 (16) | 0.06 |
Primary cause of CA n (%) | ||||
Cardiac | 55 (57) | 38 (53) | 17 (68) | 0.19 |
Respiratory | 17 (18) | 16 (22) | 1 (4) | 0.04 |
Other or unknown | 22 (23) | 17 (24) | 5 (20) | 0.7 |
Time from CA to CPR (minutes) | 5.6 ± 6.9 | 6.3 ± 7.2 | 3.4 ± 5.5 | 0.07 |
<3 n (%) | 46 (51) | 31 (46) | 15 (65) | |
3 -5 n (%) | 9 (10) | 6 (9) | 3 (13) | |
>5 n (%) | 36 (40) | 31 (46) | 5 (22) | |
Duration of CPR (minutes) | 24.9 ± 24.2 | 25.7 ± 26.6 | 22.5 ± 15.7 | 0.39 |
<5 n (%) | 9 (9) | 5 (7) | 4 (16) | |
5 -15 n (%) | 18 (19) | 13 (18) | 5 (20) | |
>15 n (%) | 69 (72) | 53 (75) | 16 (64) | |
Primary rhythm n (%) | 0.09 | |||
Asystole | 55 (57) | 46 (64) | 9 (36) | |
VF/VT | 35 (36) | 21 (29) | 14 (56) | |
Pulseless electrical activity | 5 (5) | 4 (6) | 1 (4) | |
Unknown | 2 (2) | 1 (1,4) | 1 (4) | |
Number of defibrillations, mean ± SD | 2.1 ± 3.1 | 1.9 ± 3.3 | 2.8 ± 2.4 | 0.17 |
Epinephrine mg mean, ± SD | 5.1 ± 5.2 | 5 ± 4.8 | 5.6 ± 6.2 | 0.62 |
ICU admission | ||||
SAPS II mean, ± SD | 67 ± 15 | 69 ± 15 | 61 ± 11 | 0.006 |
Shock n(%) | 59 (61) | 43 (60) | 16 (64) | 0.7 |
Renal replacement therapy n(%) | 15 (16) | 11(15) | 4 (16) | 1 |
MOF n(%) | 18 (19) | 16 (22) | 2 (8) | 0.14 |
Therapeutic hypothermia n(%) | 65 (67) | 45 (63) | 20 (80%) | 0.11 |