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Table 2 Primary outcomes of patients administered epinephrine

From: Time to epinephrine treatment is associated with the risk of mortality in children who achieve sustained ROSC after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Outcomes

HS OHCA (n = 348)

p value

Non-HS OHCA (n = 161)

p value

Time to epinephrine treatment

Time to epinephrine treatment

Total

Early (n = 88)

Middle (n = 205)

Late (n = 55)

Total

Early (n = 43)

Middle (n = 94)

Late (n = 24)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Sustained ROSCa

147 (42.4)

48 (54.5)

81 (39.5)

18 (32.7)

0.017

75 (46.6)

30 (69.8)

38 (40.4)

7 (29.2)

0.001

Survival to discharge

36 (10.3)

9 (10.2)

22 (10.7)

5 (9.1)

0.938

24 (14.9)

10 (23.3)

12 (12.8)

2 (8.3)

0.172

Good neurological outcomesb

7 (2.0)

2 (2.3)

4 (2.0)

1 (1.8)

0.978

8 (5.0)

4 (9.3)

3 (3.2)

1 (4.2)

0.305

  1. aSignificant factor
  2. bPediatric Cerebral Performance Category Scale (PCPCS) score of 1 or 2
  3. ROSC return of spontaneous circulation