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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Influence of temperature on thromboelastometry and platelet aggregation in cardiac arrest patients undergoing targeted temperature management

Variables

Values

Number of patients, total (%)

40 (100)

Age, years

61 (range 23–79)

Sex, male

35 (88)

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

37 (93)

Primary rhythm

 

 Ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation

34 (85)

 Asystole, pulseless electrical activity

6 (15)

ROSCa, minutes

17.5 (range 5–40)

Coronary angiography

38 (95)

Percutaneous coronary intervention

19 (48)

SAPS II

50 (range 35–75)

Comorbidity, all/n (%)

40 (100)

 Hypertension

19 (48)

 Hyperlipidaemia

13 (33)

 Previous acute myocardial infarction

9 (23)

 Atrial fibrillation

3 (8)

 Diabetes

8 (20)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases/asthma

4 (10)

  1. Characteristics of 40 patients treated with targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest. Results are presented as number of patients (%), or median (range)
  2. ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, CRP C-reactive protein
  3. aTime from cardiac arrest to ROSC