Table 1.
Cardiac arrest (n = 354) | Hospital non-survivors (n = 204) | Completed questionnaire (n = 81) | GCS score below 6 points (n = 7) | |
Age in years, mean ± SD | 66 ± 13 | 68 ± 12 | 61 ± 13 | 61 ± 12 |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 68 (60/75) | 70 (62/77) | 61 (53/72) | 64 (50/68) |
Gender male/female, number (percentage) | 252/102 (71/29) | 148/56 (73/27) | 57/24 (70/30) | 6/1 (86/14) |
ICU stay in days, mean ± SD (minimum-maximum) | 9 ± 16 (1–113) | 8 ± 14 (1–98) | 7 ± 11 (1–78) | 17 ± 23 (2–67) |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 3 (1/9) | 4 (1/9) | 3 (2/7) | 6 (2/18) |
Hospital stay in days, mean ± SD (minimum-maximum) | 25 ± 28 (1–176) | 4 ± 18 (1–150)a | 19 ± 18 (1–103) | 35 ± 30 (2–101) |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 15 (5/33) | NA | 14 (10/22) | 26 (15/38) |
SAPS II, mean ± SD | 47 ± 23 | 58 ± 19a | 38 ± 20 | 47 ± 21 |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 45 (31/63) | 58 (44/71)a | 33 (23/53) | 53 (24/66) |
SAPS II PRM as a percentage, mean ± SD | 42 ± 33 | 58 ± 30a | 42 ± 33 | 45 ± 36 |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 35 (12/74) | 64 (33/85)a | 14 (5/52) | 53 (6/78) |
Simplified TISS-28 day 1, mean ± SD | 34 ± 11 | 36 ± 10 | 31 ± 8 | 37 ± 3 |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 34 (28/40) | 36 (28/43) | 32 (26/37) | 37 (34/40) |
TMS, mean ± SD | 9.6 ± 5.2 | 11.8 ± 4.5a | 6.3 ± 5.0 | 7.7 ± 5.3 |
Median (25th/75th percentile) | 11 (5/13) | 13 (10/15)a | 5 (2/11) | 9 (1/10) |
Hospital non-survivors were more severely ill (SAPS II; P < 0.05) and exhibited significantly more organ dysfunctions (TMS; P < 0.05) compared with the patients completing the follow-up of 5 years. Age is given as of the day of ICU admission. aSignificant difference between all patients and those who survived the hospital stay (P < 0.05). GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU, intensive care unit; NA, not applicable; PRM, predicted risk of mortality; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; SD, standard deviation; TISS-28, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; TMS, total maximum Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.