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Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics divided after initial rhythm (n = 715, missing data for initial rhythm 21)

From: Factors predicting the use of therapeutic hypothermia and survival in unconscious out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients admitted to the ICU

 

Shockable rhythm

  

Non-shockable rhythm

  
 

TH yes ( n = 342)

TH no ( n = 87)

P value

TH yes ( n = 143)

TH no ( n = 120)

P value

Age, years Mean (SD)

61 (15)

70 (14)

<0.001

56 (19)

62 (18)

0.005

Male sex, n (%)

283 (83)

58 (67)

<0.001

98 (69)

68 (57)

0.047

Witness OHCA, n (%)

313 (92)

(84)

0.027

101 (71)

82 (68)

0.696

Bystander CPR, n (%)

246 (72)

48 (55)

0.022

97 (68)

54 (45)

<0.001

Location OHCA home, n (%)

147 (43)

32 (37)

0.295

54 (38)

52 (43)

0.667

EMS response time, min, mean (SD)

9 (5)

9 (6)

0.519

10 (9)

9 (6)

0.360

Cardiac origin to OHCA, n (%)

320 (94)

76 (87)

0.120

57 (40)

34 (28)

0.050

Survival to discharge, n (%)

219 (64)

31 (36)

<0.001

25 (17)

11 (9)

0.051

Survival to discharge with CPC 1-2, n (%)

191 (56)

28 (32)

<0.001

20 (14)

9 (8)

0.094

  1. CPC = Cerebral performance category; EMS = Emergency medical system; SD = Standard deviation; TH = Therapeutic hypothermia.