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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 43 patients resuscitated from in-hospital cardiac arrest

From: Serum neuron-specific enolase as early predictor of outcome after in-hospital cardiac arrest: a cohort study

Characteristic

Group 1 (GOS 1/2)

Group 2 (GOS 3–5)

p

n

34

9

-

Age, mean ± SD (years)

63.9 ± 14

64.7 ± 11

0.892

Male sex, n (percentage)

14 (41)

6 (66)

0.263

Initial rhythm

   

   VF/VT, n (percentage)

4 (12)

4 (44)

0.046

   PEA/asystole, n (percentage)

30 (88)

5 (55)

 

Low-flow time, median [range], (minutes)

11.5 [5–90]

13 [3–35]

0.952

GCS score, mean ± SD

6.1 ± 3

12.1 ± 3

< 0.001

Pupillary reaction to light, n (percentage)

20 (59)

9 (100)

0.020

Sedation use, n (percentage)

10 (29)

1 (11)

0.407

Δt from NSE sampling, mean ± SD (hours)

20.2 ± 8.3

28.4 ± 8.7

0.013

  1. GOS, Glasgow outcome scale; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; Δt, time elapsed from cardiopulmonary resuscitation until blood sampling for NSE measurement; NSE, neuron-specific enolase.