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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study patients according to one-month survival

From: Neurological outcomes in children dead on hospital arrival

Characteristic

Survival

Death

P value

(n = 508)

(n = 6,824)

Year

     

 2008

124

(24.4)

1,681

(24.6)

 

 2009

83

(16.3)

1,283

(18.8)

 

 2010

92

(18.1)

1,317

(19.3)

0.31

 2011

99

(19.5)

1,291

(18.9)

 

 2012

110

(21.7)

1,252

(18.4)

 

Age, years, median (IQR 1–3)

1.0

(0–9)

1.0

(0–11)

0.65

 <1

200

(39.4)

2,963

(43.4)

 

 1–11

206

(40.5)

2,187

(32.1)

<0.001

 12–18

102

(20.1)

1,674

(24.5)

 

Boys

287

(56.5)

4,170

(61.1)

0.04

Bystander-witnessed arrest

212

(41.7)

1,670

(24.5)

<0.001

Bystander CPR

313

(61.6)

3,690

(54.1)

<0.01

Presumed cardiac cause

149

(29.3)

2,278

(33.4)

0.06

Initial cardiac rhythm

     

 Ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia

57

(11.2)

212

(3.1)

<0.001

 Pulseless electrical activity

147

(28.9)

844

(12.4)

 Asystole

304

(59.8)

5,768

(84.5)

Prehospital actual shock delivery

53

(10.4)

286

(4.2)

<0.001

Call-to-response time, minutes, median (IQR 1–3), n = 7,321 (99.8 %)

6.0

(5–8)

7.0

(5–9)

<0.01

 ≤5

168

(33.1)

1,977

(28.9)

0.01

 6–10

290

(57.1)

3,915

(57.4)

 ≥11

48

(9.5)

923

(13.5)

Call-to-hospital-arrival time, minutes, median (IQR 1–3), n = 7,291 (99.4 %)

24.0

(19–31)

27.0

(21–35)

<0.001

 ≤20

154

(30.3)

1,460

(21.4)

<0.001

 21–30

218

(42.9)

2,852

(41.8)

 31–40

89

(17.5)

1,526

(22.4)

 ≥41

40

(7.9)

952

(14.0)

  1. Values are reported as number (%) unless indicated otherwise. CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, IQR interquartile range