Table 1 Baseline demographics and characteristics.
Total patients, n = 130 | Good neurological outcome, n = 62 | Poor neurological outcome, n = 68 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 57 (40–68) | 57 (41–68) | 57 (39–69) | 0.84 |
Sex, male | 96 (73.8) | 51 (82.3) | 45 (66.2) | 0.05 |
Charlson comorbidity index | 2 (0–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (0–4) | 0.70 |
Cardiac arrest characteristics | ||||
Witnessed, n | 80 (61.5) | 52 (83.9) | 28 (41.2) | < 0.001 |
Bystander CPR, n | 93 (71.5) | 51 (82.3) | 42 (61.8) | 0.01 |
Shockable rhythm, n | 43 (33.1) | 37 (59.7) | 6 (8.8) | < 0.001 |
No flow time, min | 1.0 (10.0–30.0) | 1.0 (0.0–2.3) | 8.5 (0.0–22.3) | < 0.001 |
Low flow time, min | 20.0 (10.0–30.0) | 12.0 (8.0–19.5) | 28.0 (19.3–37.0) | < 0.001 |
Arrest etiology, n | < 0.001 | |||
Cardiac | 56 (23.8) | 61 (66.1) | 15 (22.1) | |
Hypoxic | 65 (50.0) | 17 (27.4) | 48 (70.6) | |
Metabolic | 6 (4.6) | 2 (3.2) | 4 (5.9) | |
Anaphylactic | 2 (1.5) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | |
Unknown | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.6) | 0 | |
SOFA score | 10 (8–12) | 9 (7–11) | 11 (9–13) | 0.06 |
GCS after ROSC | 3 (3–3) | 3 (3–5) | 3 (3–3) | < 0.001 |
Targeted temperature, 33 ℃ | 113 (86.9) | 50 (80.6) | 63 (92.6) | 0.07 |
Times, hours | ||||
To targeted temperature | 6.0 (4.6–7.5) | 5.9 (4.5–7.4) | 6 (4.6–7.9) | 0.75 |
To EEG | 96.5 (66.8–125.5) | 94.4 (60.5–122.2) | 96.5 (70.7–127.0) | 0.43 |
To CT | 76.2 (75.0–78.4) | 75.8 (75.1–78.5) | 76.9 (74.5–78.4) | 0.68 |
To MRI | 78.2 (76.2–79.9) | 78.1 (75.8–79.4) | 78.2 (76.5–80.3) | 0.74 |
