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Table 3 Survival outcomes by hospital quartile of endotracheal intubation during CPR stratified by the presence or absence of respiratory failure

From: Retrospective cohort study of hospital variation in airway management during in-hospital cardiac arrest and the association with patient survival: insights from Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation

 

All patients

Hospital quartile of intubation rate during CPR

1 (lowest)

2

3

4 (highest)

Respiratory failure present

 Survival to discharge

  Unadjusted rate, N (%)

11,374 (21.6)

2387 (21.7)

3407 (22.8)

3351 (21.0)

2229 (21.2)

  Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

 

Reference

1.07 (0.95, 1.19)

P = 0.26

0.95 (0.85, 1.06)

P = 0.38

0.97 (0.86, 1.09)

P = 0.61

ROSC

 Unadjusted rate, N (%)

34,700 (66.2)

7515 (68.3)

9983 (66.7)

10,354 (65.0)

6848 (65.1)

 Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

 

Reference

0.99 (0.87, 1.11)

P = 0.81

0.89 (0.79, 1.00)

P = .06

0.86 (0.76, 0.98)

P = 0.02

Survival to 24 h

 Unadjusted rate, N (%)

22,101 (42.2)

4497 (40.8)

6430 (43.0)

6683 (41.9)

4491 (42.7)

 Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

 

Reference

1.07 (0.97, 1.17)

P = 0.17

1.01 (0.92, 1.11)

P = 0.88

1.01 (0.91, 1.11)

P = 0.87

Respiratory failure absent

 Survival to discharge

  Unadjusted Rate, N (%)

27,061 (26.3)

6539 (30.0)

8025 (27.1)

7914 (25.1)

4583 (23.0)

  Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

 

Reference

0.92 (0.83, 1.02)

P = 0.10

0.83 (0.75, 0.92)

P < .001

0.76 (0.68, 0.85)

P < .001

ROSC

 Unadjusted rate, N (%)

65,181 (63.4)

14,768 (67.7)

18,674 (63.2)

19,556 (62.0)

12,183 (61.3)

 Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

 

Reference

0.87 (0.78, 0.97)

P = .01

0.82 (0.73, 0.91)

P < .001

0.81 (0.72, 0.90)

P < .001

Survival to 24 h

 Unadjusted rate, N (%)

43,638 (42.4)

9922 (45.5)

12,636 (42.7)

13,109 (41.6)

7971 (40.1)

 Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

 

Reference

0.91 (0.84, 1.00)

P = 0.04

0.86 (0.79, 0.94)

P = 0.001

0.82 (0.75, 0.90)

P < .001

  1. Abbreviations: N number, CI confidence interval, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation