Skip to main content

Table 1 Result of binary regression analysis on patient characteristics influencing choice of admitting hospital

From: Choice of hospital after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - a decision with far-reaching consequences: a study in a large German city

 

Hospital with PCI capability

 

Odds ratio (95%CI)

P value

Gender - male

2.06 (1.21 to 3.53)

0.008

Presumed etiology - not cardiac

0.37 (0.16 to 0.85)

0.020

Transport with ongoing CPR

0.33 (0.20 to 0.55)

<0.001

Neurological status prior to collapse - CPC 3

0.17 (0.06 to 0.51)

0.002

Not shown in equation

Age

 
  1. CI, confidence interval; CPC, cerebral performance categories; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.