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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2023 Mar;61(3):173–180. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2022.2159427

Table 2:

Clinical Outcomes in Xylazine vs. Control Patients

Clinical Outcome Variables Xylazine (N=90) Control (N=231) P-Value

Cardiovascular (CV) Outcomes
Received CPR 4 (4.4%) 33 (14.3%) 0.013
Bradycardia 2 (2.2%) 4 (1.7%) 0.77
Pulmonary Outcomes
Intubated within 4 hours 2 (2.2%) 13 (5.6%) 0.193
Non-invasive positive pressure within 4 hours 1 (1.1%) 4 (1.7%) 0.689
Any ventilatory support within 4 hours 3 (3.3%) 17 (7.4%) 0.182
Intubated after 4 hours 2 (2.2%) 11 (4.8%) 0.298
Non-invasive positive pressure after four hours 2 (2.2%) 2 (0.9%) 0.327
Any ventilatory support after 4 hours 4 (4.4%) 13 (5.6%) 0.67
Central nervous system (CNS) Outcomes
Coma within 4 hours 24 (26.7%) 87 (37.7%) 0.063
Coma after 4 hours 12 (13.3%) 35 (15.2%) 0.682
Overall Outcomes
Death 1 (1.1%) 5 (2.16%) 0.528
Discharged from the ED 59 (65.6%) 147 (63.6%) 0.528
ICU Admissions 11 (12.2%) 39 (16.9%) 0.30
Miscellaneous
Length of Hospitalization (hrs.); median (IQR) 10 (5–28) 9 (5–36) 0.806
Total Naloxone Dose (mg) 3.68 (1.3–4.05) 2.8 (2–4.1) 0.448

Abbreviations: IQR = Interquartile range; DBP = Diastolic blood pressure; SBP = Systolic blood pressure; DBP = Diastolic blood pressure; HR = Heart rate; RR = Respiratory rate.

*

Percentage of entire cohort

Control = Xylazine negative.