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Table 4 Outcomes of study patients

From: Arterial hyperoxia and in-hospital mortality after resuscitation from cardiac arrest

Patient outcomes

All patients

(N= 12,108)

Hypoxia/poor O2 exchange

(n= 8,904)

Normoxia

(n= 1,919)

Hyperoxia

(n= 1,285)

In-hospital mortalitya, n (%) (95% CI)

6,968 (58) (57 to 58)

5,303 (60) (59 to 61)

911 (47) (45 to 50)

754 (59) (56 to 61)

Discharge destination for survivors, n

5,140

3,601

1,008

531

   Home a, n (%) (95% CI)

3,341 (28) (27 to 28)

2,350 (26) (25 to 27)

649 (34) (32 to 36)

342 (27) (24 to 29)

   Rehabilitation facility

655 (5)

447 (5)

118 (6)

90 (7)

   Transfer to another hospital

1,144 (9)

804 (9)

241 (13)

99 (8)

  1. aP < 0.0001 for comparisons of normoxia with hyperoxia and normoxia with hypoxia in patients discharged to home.