Table 1 Characteristics of the patients
Author, year, [reference] | Country | No. of patients | IHCA or OHCA | Cause of cardiac arrest EC/SC | Males, n (%) EC/SC | Age, years EC/SC | VF/VT n (%) EC/SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flemming,2006 [22] | Germany | 80 | OHCA | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 24(77%)/37(75%) | 66 ± 4/61 ± 3 | 23(74%)/32(65%) |
Arrich,2007 [23] | Europe | 461 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Flint,2007 [24] | USA | 42 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 17(89.5%)/14(60.9%) | 57.2 ± 14.3/54.7 ± 12.2 | 8(42.1%)/13(56.5%) |
Fink,2008 [25] | Germany | 49 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | N/A | 62 ± 14/65 ± 12 | 21(80%)/14(61%) |
Ferreira,2009 [26] | Netherlands | 49 | OHCA | Cardiac | 16(66.7%)/21(84%) | 64.4 ± 11.6/66.9 ± 15.4 | 22(91.7%)/24 (96.0%) |
Gillie,2010 [27] | UK | 83 | Mixed | Cardiac | 29(69%)/34(82.9%) | 63.1 ± 13.1/59.6 ± 17.9 | 21(76.2%)/21(51.2%) |
Caulfield,2011 [28] | USA | 41 | Mixed | Cardiac | 18(69%)/12(80%) | 63 ± 17/58 ± 15 | 12(46%)/1(7%) |
Knapik,2011 [29] | Poland | 41 | Mixed | Cardiac | 17(85%)/17(81%) | 59 ± 11/62 ± 9 | N/A |
Tomte2011 [30] | Norway | 167 | OHCA | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 61(81%)/76(83%) | 56 (39, 69)/59 (47, 69) | 51(68%)/69(75%) |
Waard,2015 [31] | Netherlands | 173 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 75(77%)/55(72%) | 67 (58–77)/64 (55–73) | 95(97%)/41(54%) |
Forkmann,2015 [32] | Germany | 63 | OHCA | Cardiac | 34(85%)/19(81.6%) | 63.16 ± 12.05/63.23 ± 11.45 | 35(87.5%)/22(95.5%) |
Oh,2015 [33] | South Korea | 360 | OHCA | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 125(69.4%)/119(66.1%) | 55.5 ± 16.6/56.0 ± 17.2 | 47(26.4%)/38(21.4%) |
Rosman,2016 [34] | France | 34 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 9(52.3%)/12(70.6%) | 64.5 ± 12.8 /64.5 ± 16.5 | 6(35.3%)/3(18.8%) |
Kim,2018 [35] | South Korea | 2483 | OHCA | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 259(68.9%)/492(70.8%) | p = 0.031 N/A | 106(28.2%)/566(26.9%) |
Sonder,2018 [36] | USA | 75 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 30(62.5%)/18(66.7%) | 64.3 ± 19.2/53.4 ± 17.8 | 19(39.6%)/14(51.9%) |
De Fazio,2019 [37] | Europe | 177 | OHCA | Cardiac | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Hoedemaekers, 2007 [38] | Netherlands | 10 | Mixed | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 4(80%)/3(60%) | 60.4 ± 14.6/58.8 ± 14.7 | N/A |
Pittl,2013 [39] | Germany | 80 | Mixed | Cardiac | 30(75.0%)/29 (72.5%) | 60.4 ± 11.2/63.7 ± 11.4 | 26(65.0%)/27(67.5%) |
Deye,2015 [40] | France | 400 | OHCA | Cardiac | 154(75.9%)/158(80.2%) | 60 (49–70)/61 (54–70) | 71(34.9%)/74(37.5%) |
Look,2017 [41] | Singapore | 45 | OHCA | Cardiac/non-cardiac | 16(69.6%)/19(86.4%) | 62.0 (55.5, 68.0)/62.8 (54.0, 67.2) | 3(13.0%)/2(9.1%) |