Seventy-two hours of mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest is associated with a lowered inflammatory response during rewarming in a prospective observational study

Table 1 Demographic data ^a

Demographics	Data
Males, n (%)	9 (90%)
Age, yr	66.0 (62.3 to 72.8)
Body mass index, kg/m²	26.0 (25.0 to 26.0)
Time between collapse and ROSC, min	30.0 (25.0 to 33.8)
Time between collapse and start of cooling, min	120 (120 to 155)
Time between collapse and start of study, min	180 (150 to 200)
SAPS II	72.5 (68.5 to 77.8)
APACHE II score	30.0 (27.5 to 33.8)
pH upon ED arrival	7.15 (6.93 to 7.23)
BE upon ED arrival, mmol/L	-13.4 (-17.1 to -8.1)
Lactate upon ED arrival, mmol/L	9.8 (5.6 to 13.0)
PaCO₂ upon ED arrival, mmHg	40.5 (36.7 to 45.0)
Patients who died, n (%)	6 (60%)

^aAPACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; BE: Base Excess; ED: Emergency department; ROSC: Return of spontaneous circulation; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II. Data are expressed as median values (IQR).

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