VF/VT group |
VF/VT initial rhythm |
Age > 18 years |
Core temperature > 30°C |
Confirmed acute myocardial infarction and/or primary VF/VT (electrocardiogram, enzymes, autopsy, electrophysiological investigation) |
Excluded patients with successful defibrillation in the first cycle |
Excluded patients with acute myocardial infarction with asystole and pulseless electrical activity as the initial rhythm |
Asphyxia group |
Asystole and pulseless electrical activity as the initial rhythm |
Excluded patients with VF/VT as the initial rhythm |
Age > 18 years |
Core temperature > 30°C |
Excluded acute myocardial infarction as cause of arrest (clinical investigations and/or autopsy) |
Etiology: |
solid foreign body in the airway |
aspiration |
edema or tumor of the upper airway |
hanging (excluded vasculatory or others causes of arrest – clinical investigations or autopsy) |
Acute asthma attack (excluded cardiac causes of arrest) |
Drowning (excluded cardiac causes of arrest) |
Intoxications (excluded others causes of death – autopsy and/or added investigations in hospital |