From: A Cerebral Recovery Index (CRI) for early prognosis in patients after cardiac arrest
Poor neurologic outcome (CPC 3–5) | Good neurologic outcome (CPC 1–2) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 27 | 26 | - |
Number of male | 19 (70%) | 20 (77%) | 0.59 |
Age (years) | 63 (STD 13) | 58 (STD 11) | 0.14 |
(range, 27 to 82) | (range, 35 to 79) | ||
Number of OHCA | 23 (85%) | 23 (89%) | 1.00 |
Initial rhythm: | |||
VF | 8 (30%) | 23 (89%) | 0.00 |
Asystole | 14 (52%) | 0 (0) | |
Bradycardia | 1 (4%) | 0 (0) | |
Unknown | 4 (15%) | 3 (12%) | |
Presumed cause of CA: | |||
Cardiac | 17 (63%) | 17 (65%) | 0.57 |
Other origin | 6 (22%) | 3 (12%) | |
Unkn own | 4 (15%) | 6 (23%) | |
Patients sedated with propofol | 27 (100%) | 26 (100%) | - |
Propofol dose (mg/h/kg) | 2.8 (STD 1.0) | 3.4 (STD 1.0) | 0.03 |
(range, 0.9 to 4.8) | (range: 1.3 to 5.4) | ||
Patients sedated with midazolam | 8 (30%) | 6 (23%) | 0.59 |
Midazolam dose (μg/kg/hr) | 80 (STD 65) | 73 (std 35) | 0.84 |
(range, 30 to 214) | (range, 33 to 125) | ||
Patients treated with fentanyl | 18 (67%) | 19 (73%) | 0.61 |
Fentanyl dose (μg/h/kg) | 1.5 (STD 0.8) | 1.9 (STD 0.7) | 0.13 |
(range, 0.6 to 3.6) | (range, 0.9 to 2.7) | ||
Patients treated with remifentanil | 11 (41%) | 7 (27%) | 0.29 |
Remifentanil dose (μg/h/kg) | 4.0 (STD 2.6) | 5.5 (STD 3.0) | 0.28 |
(range, 1.0 to 7.0) | (range. 3 to 11) |