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Table 1 Patient characteristics in each category (C)

From: Categorization of post-cardiac arrest patients according to the pattern of amplitude-integrated electroencephalography after return of spontaneous circulation

 

All patients

C1

C2

C3

C4

 

n = 61

n = 20

n = 14

n = 10

n = 14

p value

Age (years)a

60 (46–68)

50 (44–63)

66 (52–72)

66 (45–69)

63 (58–71)

0.11

Male, n (%)

51 (84%)

15 (75%)

10 (71%)

10 (100%)

14 (100%)

0.09

Witnessed collapse, n (%)

57 (93%)

19 (95%)

12 (86%)

10 (100%)

13 (93%)

0.67

Initial shockable rhythm, n (%)

42 (70%)

16 (84%)

13 (93%)

6 (60%)

7 (50%)

0.02

Time from collapse to ROSC (min)a

23 (18–39)

19 (15–22)

22 (17–29)

46 (38–49)

39 (23–44)

< 0.01

Cardiac etiology, n (%)

52 (85%)

18 (90%)

13 (93%)

9 (90%)

11 (79%)

0.66

 Acute coronary syndrome, n (%)

14 (23%)

2 (10%)

3 (21%)

4 (40%)

4 (29%)

0.28

GCS at admission

3 (3–3)

4 (3–6)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–3)

3 (3–3)

< 0.01

Pupillary reflex at admission, n (%)

29 (48%)

15 (75%)

8 (57%)

2 (20%)

2 (14%)

< 0.01

Coronary angiography, n (%)

54 (89%)

18 (90%)

14 (100%)

9 (90%)

11 (79%)

0.33

ECPR, n (%)

19 (31%)

4 (20%)

1 (7.1%)

7 (70%)

5 (36%)

0.01

Time from collapse to initiation of ECMO flow in ECPR patients (min)*

39 (15–56)

28 (15–53)

37

45 (33–55)

48 (38–56)

0.13

  1. ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, ECPR extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, GCS Glasgow coma scale
  2. aMedian (interquartile range)