Table.
Summary of Retrospective Studies on Deep Sedation in ES
| Study | Study design | Sample size (n) |
Intervention | ES suppression |
In-hospital mortality | Follow-up outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martins et al.10 | Multicenter retrospective |
116 | Deep sedation | 47% (55/116) | 23.6% (13/55) in responders vs. 52.4% (32/61) in non-responders; 55% lower risk (subhazard ratio 0.45 [95% CI 0.22–0.93]; P=0.03) |
Not reported |
| Bundgaard et al.11 |
Single-center retrospective |
15 | Deep sedation | 93% (14/15) | 6.7% (1/15) | 87% (13/15) alive after 3.7-year follow up |
This table summarizes the key findings of retrospective studies that evaluated the effects of deep sedation on ES suppression, in-hospital mortality, and follow-up outcomes. CI, confidence interval; ES, electrical storm.