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Table 3 Results of instrumental variable analysis of study outcomes

From: Open-chest versus closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in blunt trauma: analysis of a nationwide trauma registry

Outcomes

Number of patients (%) OCCPR/CCCPR

Adjusted difference (%) (95% confidence interval)

P value

Survival to hospital discharge

40 (1.8)/156 (3.6)

–5.0 (–9.2, –0.8)

0.019

Survival over 24 hours after ED arrival

123 (5.6)/416 (9.6)

–5.6 (−12.3, 1.1)

0.100

  1. Abbreviations: OCCPR open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CCCPR closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ED emergency department
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