Table 1.
Summary of survival from cardiac arrest in patients without cardiac activity (CA) on bedside sonography
Study | PEA, no CA | Asystole, no CA | VF/VT, no CA | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blaivas and Fox (2001) [3] | 0/20 | 0/65 | 0/51 | 0/136 |
Salen et al. (2005) [2] | 0/23 | 0/36 | NA | 0/59 |
Salen et al. (2001) [5] | 1/23 | 1/32 | 0/4 | 2/59 |
Total | 1/66 | 1/133 | 0/55 | 2/254 |
VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, PEA pulseless electrical activity