Pharmacological postconditioning with sevoflurane after cardiopulmonary resuscitation reduces myocardial dysfunction

Table 3 Ventricular arrhythmias

Clinical parameters	CONTROL	SEVO	P-values
ROSC 30 minutes ( n )
Ventricular premature beats	25 [19 to 41]	20 [13 to 42]	0.601
Bigeminy	1 [1 to 3]	2 [1 to 4]	0.651
VT/VF	-	-	-
ROSC 24 hours ( n )
Ventricular premature beats	8 [6 to 11]	5 [3 to 10]	0.346
Bigeminy	2 [2 to 5]	2 [1 to 4]	0.584
VT/VF	-	-	-

The total number of ventricular premature beats, bigeminy, ventricular tachycardia (VT)/ventricular fibrillation (VF) ratio was counted over an interval of 30 minutes immediately after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and over a 30-minute interval 24 hours later in the propofol (CONTROL) and sevoflurane (SEVO) groups. Data are medians [25th to 75th percentiles]. Neither ventricular tachycardia nor ventricular fibrillation was observed in any group.

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