Table 2 In-hospital therapy and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

n

264

170

Transferred patients

24 (9.1%)

9 (5.3%)

0.194

0.56 (0.25 to 1.23)

TEE/TTE <120 minutes

54 (20.5%)

80 (47.1%)

<0.001

3.46 (2.26 to 5.28)

Pacemaker <24 hours

4 (1.5%)

1 (0.6%)

0.653

0.39 (0.04 to 3.47)

Fibrinolysis <24 hours

15 (5.7%)

4 (2.4%)

0.148

0.40 (0.13 to 1.23)

PCI <24 hours

10 (3.8%)

51 (30.0%)

<0.001

10.89 (5.34 to 22.19)

MTH <24 hours

15 (5.7%)

18 (10.6%)

0.066

1.97 (0.96 to 4.02)

24-hour survival

93 (42.9%)

103 (66.0%)

<0.001

2.59 (1.69 to 3.97)

Time in ICU (days)

4.3 (7.1)

7.5 (10.9)

0.003

   If discharged alive

12.7 (11.0)

16.8 (14.7)

0.337

Mechanical ventilation time (hours)

49.5 (130.2)

93.2 (144.0)

<0.001

   If discharged alive

169.9 (251.6)

168.1 (173.8)

0.387

Complications

106 (40.2%)

96 (56.5%)

0.001

1.93 (1.31 to 2.86)

Implantation of ICD

9 (3.4%)

22 (12.9%)

0.001

4.21 (1.89 to 9.39)

Discharged alive

35 (13.3%)

69 (40.6%)

<0.001

4.47 (2.80 to 7.15)

Neurological outcome

   CPC 1 + 2

13 (40.6%)

38 (57.6%)

0.135

0.50 (0.21 to 1.19)

   CPC 3 + 4

19 (59.4%)

28 (42.4%)

1-year survival

15 (6.0%)

42 (28.4%)

<0.001

6.23 (3.31 to 11.73)