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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: What is the value of regional cerebral saturation in post-cardiac arrest patients? A prospective observational study

 

All patients

Survivors

Non-survivors

p value

Patients, n (%)

107

50 (47)

57 (53)

/

Age, mean (± SD)

63 (13)

61 (13)

65 (13)

0.084

Gender, male/female, n (%)

75 (70)/32 (30)

40 (78)/11 (22)

35 (63)/21 (37)

0.072

Witnessed, n (%)

91 (85)

46 (92)

45 (79)

0.182

Bystander BLS, n (%)

59 (55)

28 (55)

31 (55)

0.962

Initial rhythm

 VF, n (%)

66 (62)

42 (84)

24 (42)

<0.001

 PEA, n (%)

11 (10)

4 (8)

7 (12)

0.374

 Asystole, n (%)

25 (23)

4 (8)

21 (37)

<0.001

Time emergency call – ROSC (min)

30 ± 19

27 ± 17

34 ± 20

0.099

Cooling, endovascular/surface, n (%)

46 (43)/61(57)

26 (51)/25 (49)

20 (36)/36 (64)

0.111

Coronary angiography

87 (81)

46 (92)

41 (71)

0.008

PCI, n (%)

58 (54)

36 (72)

22 (39)

0.001

IABP, n (%)

25 (23)

12 (24)

13 (23)

0.969

  1. BLS basic life support, VF ventricular fibrillation, PEA pulseless electrical activity, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, IABP intra-aortic balloon pump