Table 2 Characteristics of resuscitation and outcome
From: Pediatric defibrillation after cardiac arrest: initial response and outcome
Number of patients (%) | Return of spontaneous circulation (n) | P value | Initial survival | Final survival | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | P value | n | P value | ||||
Time to initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation | |||||||
<4 min | 29 (78.3%) | 20 | 0.215 | 16 | 0.037 | 3 | 0.470 |
>4 min | 8 (21.6%) | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
First documented rhythma | |||||||
Nonshockable | 25 (56.8%) | 12 | 0.025 | 6 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.073 |
Shockable | 19 (43.1%) | 16 | 13 | 3 | |||
First shock dose | |||||||
2 J/kg | 35 (83.3%) | 23 | 0.686 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.430 |
>2 J/kg | 7 (16.6%) | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
Second shock dose | |||||||
2 J/kg | 15 (44%) | 12 | 0.07 | 9 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.441 |
>2 J/kg | 19 (56%) | 9 | 3 | 0 | |||
Number of shocks | |||||||
1–3 | 27 (62.8%) | 16 | 0.342 | 14 | 0.221 | 2 | 1.0 |
>3 | 16 (37.2%) | 12 | 5 | 1 | |||
Duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation | |||||||
<10 minutes | 5 (11.6%) | 5 | 0.012 | 5 | 0.0001 | 1 | 0.067 |
10–30 minutes | 11 (25.5%) | 10 | 10 | 2 | |||
>30 minutes | 27 (62.7%) | 13 | 4 | 0 | |||