Table 1: Comparison of characteristics at the patients between favorable outcome group and unfavorable outcome group.

Outcome Favorable Unfavorable P value
  (n= 12) (n= 14)
Age (y) 52.9±16.4 66.0±11.2 0.0243
Gender (male / female) 8/4 12/2 0.4950
Cardiac/non-cardiac 10/2 12/2 0.9999
Arrest witnessed / non-witnessed 10/2 12/2 0.9999
VF or VT / another rhythm 8/4 9/5 0.9999
Bystander CPR / not 3/9 2/12 0.6348
Call receipt to ROSC (min) 18.0±7.6 38.6±19.7 0.0023

Mean value ± S.D.: Favorable outcome: 1(good recovery) or 2 (moderate disability) at the Pittsburgh Cerebral-Performance Category (CPC), unfavorable outcome CPC3 (severe disability), 4 (vegetative state) or 5 (death), ABR: Auditory Brain Stem Response, VF or VT: Ventricular Fibrillation / pulseless ventricular tachycardia, another rhythm: Pulseless electrical activity or asystole, CPR: Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, ROSC: Return of Spontaneous Circulatio