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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: The influence of body composition on therapeutic hypothermia: a prospective observational study of patients after cardiac arrest

Patients included

27

Male, percentage (number of males/total number of patients)

78% (21/27)

Age in years, mean (standard deviation)

60 (13)

APACHE II score, mean (standard deviation)

23 (7.8)

Length of stay in intensive care unit in hours, median (interquartile range)

112 (59–158)

In-hospital mortality, percentage (number of deaths/total number of patients)

52% (14/27)

  1. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.