Table 2 Cardiac arrest treatment frequency strata and patients baseline characteristics
From: Effect of intensive care after cardiac arrest on patient outcome: a database analysis
Low-treatment-frequency ICUa | Medium-treatment-frequency ICUa | High-treatment frequency ICUa | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 1,986 (33.9) | 2,013 (34.4) | 1,858 (31.7) | |
Age in years | 72.0 (61.0 - 80.0) | 70.0 (60.0 - 78.0) | 69.0 (58.0 - 78.0) | <0.001 |
Sex female | 806 (40.7) | 685 (34.1) | 607 (32.7) | <0.001 |
SAPS IIb score | 63 (49;78) | 62 (49;75) | 65 (54;78) | <0.001 |
Medical admission | 1,845 (92.0) | 1,995 (99.5) | 1,825 (98.3) | <0.001 |
Scheduled surgical | 70 (3.5) | 6 (0.3) | 12 (0.7) | <0.001 |
Unscheduled surgical | 71 (3.6) | 5 (0.3) | 19 (1.0) | <0.001 |
Chronic renal insufficiency | 233 (11.7) | 190 (9.4) | 195 (10.5) | 0.0614 |
Chronic respiratory insufficiency | 225 (11.3) | 117 (5.8) | 168 (9.0) | <0.001 |
Chronic cardiac failure NYHAc IV | 517 (26.0) | 436 (21.7) | 521 (28.0) | <0.001 |
Liver cirrhosis | 68 (3.4) | 49 (2.4) | 53 (2.9) | 0.1738 |
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | 147 (7.4) | 134 (6.7) | 156 (8.4) | 0.1195 |