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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 2. Cohort Characteristics by Outcome.

Total n = 195 Good Outcome n (%) 73 (37) Poor Outcome n (%) 122 (63) p
Demographics
 Age
   <2 yr 86 31 (36) 55 (64) 0.93
   2–11 yr 69 27 (39) 42 (61)
   12–18 yr 40 15 (38) 25 (63)
 Gender
  Male 125 48 (38) 77 (62) 0.71
  Female 70 25 (36) 45 (64)
 Baseline Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category
  1–2 161 64 (40) 97 (60) 0.15
  3–5 34 9 (26) 25 (74)
 Preexisting condition
  Yes 138 59 (43) 79 (57) 0.02
  No 57 14 (25) 43 (75)

Cardiac arrest details
 Location
   In-hospital in an ICU 86 46 (53) 40 (47) <0.0001
   In-hospital not in an ICU 49 19 (39) 30 (61)
   Out of hospital 58 7 (12) 51 (88)
 Etiology
  Cardiac 103 48 (47) 55 (53) 0.003
  Respiratory 90 35 (39) 55 (61) 0.57
 Rhythm
  Asystole 85 14 (16) 71 (84) <0.001
  Ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation 16 9 (56) 7 (44)
  Other 66 40 (61) 26 (39)
 Epinephrine doses
  0 18 10 (56) 8 (44) 0.02
  1 45 23 (51) 22 (49)
  2 34 15 (44) 19 (56)
  3 37 8 (22) 29 (78)
  4+ 54 16 (30) 38 (70)

Postarrest features
 Pao2
   Hyperoxia 87 30 (34) 57 (66) 0.57
   Normoxia 66 29 (44) 37 (56)
   Hypoxia 22 8 (36) 14 (64)
   Hyperoxia and hypoxia 20 6 (30) 14 (70)
 Paco2
   Hyperventilation 48 16 (33) 32 (67) 0.26
   Normoventilation 57 27 (47) 30 (53)
   Hypoventilation 64 23 (36) 41 (64)
   Hyperventilation and hypoventilation 26 7 (27) 19 (73)
 Spontaneous hypothermia 84 20 (24) 64 (76) <0.001
 Hyperglycemia 96 25 (26) 71 (74) 0.002

Survival
 PICU discharge 89 73 (82) 16 (18)
 Hospital discharge 89 73 (82) 16 (18)

Row percentages are shown.