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