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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun;41(6):1534–1542. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318287f54c

Table 1. Cohort Characteristics by Oxygenation Status.

Hyperoxia n = 87 (%) Normoxia n = 66 (%) Hypoxia n = 22 (%) Hyperoxia and Hypoxia n = 20 (%) p
Demographics
 Age
   <2 yr 43 (49) 26 (39) 10 (45) 7 (35) 0.78
   2–11 yr 28 (32) 24 (36) 9 (41) 8 (40)
   12–18 yr 16 (18) 16 (24) 3 (14) 5 (25)
 Gender
  Male 59 (68) 42 (64) 13 (59) 11 (55) 0.69
  Female 28 (32) 24 (36) 9 (41) 9 (45)
 Preexisting condition
  Ye s 56 (64) 50 (76) 18 (82) 14 (50) 0.28
  No 31 (36) 16 (24) 4 (18) 6 (30)

Cardiac arrest details
 Location
   In-hospital in an ICU 31 (36) 34 (52) 11 (50) 10 (50) 0.34
   In-hospital not in an ICU 26 (30) 15 (23) 3 (14) 5 (25)
   Out of hospital 30 (34) 15 (23) 8 (36) 5 (25)
 Etiology
  Cardiac 42 (48) 35 (53) 13 (59) 13 (65) 0.51
  Respiratory 39 (45) 36 (55) 9 (41) 6 (30) 0.17
 Rhythm
  Asystole 43 (49) 22 (33) 6 (27) 14 (70) 0.08
  Ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation 7 (8) 5 (8) 3 (14) 1 (5)
  Other 27 (31) 27 (41) 9 (41) 3 (15)
 Epinephrine doses
  0 7 (8) 7 (11) 4 (18) 0 (0) 0.53
  1 19 (22) 17 (26) 6 (27) 3 (15)
  2 14 (16) 12 (18) 4 (18) 4 (20)
  3 21 (24) 11 (17) 2 (9) 3 (15)
  4+ 23 (26) 18 (27) 4 (18) 9 (45)

Postarrest features
 Paco2
   Hyperventilation 29 (69) 10 (15) 6 (27) 3 (15) 0.001
   Normoventilation 26 (30) 25 (38) 2 (9) 4 (20)
   Hypoventilation 19 (22) 29 (44) 8 (36) 8 (40)
   Hyperventilation and hypoventilation 13 (15) 2 (3) 6 (27) 5 (25)
   Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support 11 (13) 4 (6) 4 (18) 9 (45) <0.001
   Spontaneous hypothermia 46 (53) 19 (29) 13 (59) 6 (30) 0.009
   Hyperglycemia 46 (53) 31 (47) 10 (45) 9 (45) 0.99
 Postarrest care
  PICU days, median (IQR) 5 (1,16) 6 (2,12.5) 11 (4,28) 6 (3,25.5) 0.33
  Hospital days 9 (1,29) 7 (3,17) 16 (4,28) 7 (3,37) 0.53

Column percentages are shown. Numbers may not sum to 100 due to rounding.