Table 5.
Outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests from external causes according to the cause
| Asphyxia |
Hanging |
Fall |
Drowning |
Traffic injury |
Drug overdose |
Unclassified |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=2670) |
(n=1999) |
(n=1300) |
(n=1062) |
(n=765) |
(n=187) |
(n=256) |
p Value* | ||||||||
| Prehospital ROSC, n (%) | 463 | (17.3) | 144 | (7.2) | 22 | (1.7) | 36 | (3.4) | 28 | (3.7) | 4 | (2.1) | 6 | (2.3) | <0.001 |
| Total ROSC, n (%) | 1003 | (37.6) | 1500 | (75.0) | 1213 | (93.3) | 894 | (84.2) | 637 | (83.3) | 143 | (76.5) | 211 | (82.4) | <0.001 |
| Hospital admission, n (%) | 1529 | (57.3) | 453 | (22.7) | 62 | (4.8) | 147 | (13.8) | 92 | (12.0) | 40 | (21.4) | 33 | (12.9) | <0.001 |
| One-month survival, n (%) | 382 | (14.3) | 84 | (4.2) | 9 | (0.7) | 12 | (1.1) | 12 | (1.6) | 7 | (3.7) | 4 | (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Neurologically favourable outcome, n (%) | 71 | (2.7) | 17 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.1) | 4 | (0.4) | 6 | (0.8) | 4 | (2.1) | 2 | (0.8) | <0.001 |
*p Values are calculated to test the homogeneity among the seven cause groups.
ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation.