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Table 4 Independent predictors of Cerebral Performance Category 3–5 at 6 months

From: Early predictors of poor outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

 

OR (95% CI)

p Value

β- Coefficient

Age, years

1.07 (1.05–1.08)

<0.0001

0.0644

CA at home

1.75 (1.26–2.44)

0.0008

0.5620

First monitored rhythm other than VT/VF

4.06 (2.55–6.46)

<0.0001

1.4014

No flow, minutes

1.06 (1.02–1.10)

0.002

0.0578

Low flow, minutes

1.28 (1.15–1.42)a

<0.0001

0.2430

Treatment with adrenaline

2.08 (1.39–3.11)

0.0003

0.7342

No pupillary or corneal reflex

2.46 (1.58–3.85)

<0.0001

0.9016

pH

0.10 (0.03–0.34)

0.0003

2.3308

GCS motor score 1b

2.00 (1.44–2.77)

<0.0001

0.6927

PaCO2 < 4.5 kPa

2.53 (1.46–4.39)

0.0009

0.9293

  1. Abbreviations: CA Cardiac arrest, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, PaCO 2 Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood, VT/VF Ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation
  2. aSquare root-transformed values
  3. bGCS motor score 1 = no motor reaction to a painful stimuli