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. 2014 Dec 17;3(6):e001044. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001044

Table 2.

The Association of Patient and Hospital Level Factors With CPR Duration

No ROSC ROSC
OR 95% CI P Value OR 95% CI P Value
Patient factors
Female sex 1.05 1.02 to 1.09 0.005 0.97 0.94 to 1.01 0.11
Age
≤40 years 1.81 1.69 to 1.95 <0.001 1.00 0.93 to 1.07 0.93
40 to 65 years 1.40 1.35 to 1.45 <0.001 1.01 0.98 to 1.05 0.49
>65 years Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
Black race 0.99 0.95 to 1.03 0.61 0.99 0.95 to 1.03 0.61
Pre‐existing comorbidities
Neurological 0.82 0.79 to 0.86 <0.001 0.89 0.85 to 0.92 <0.001
Cardiac 1.14 1.10 to 1.19 <0.001 1.00 0.96 to 1.04 0.85
Pulmonary 0.95 0.91 to 0.98 0.005 0.98 0.94 to 1.02 0.25
Renal 0.94 0.91 to 0.98 0.002 1.02 0.98 to 1.05 0.38
Metastatic or hematologic malignancy 0.79 0.75 to 0.82 <0.001 0.98 0.92 to 1.03 0.33
Prior cardiac arrest 1.10 0.96 to 1.27 0.15 1.06 0.95 to 1.18 0.31
Arrest location
ICU 1.24 1.17 to 1.31 <0.001 0.74 0.70 to 0.78 <0.001
Monitored 1.22 1.16 to 1.29 <0.001 0.85 0.85 to 0.96 <0.001
Unmonitored Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
Initial rhythm
VT/VF 1.50 1.42 to 1.58 <0.001 0.89 0.85 to 0.93 <0.001
PEA 1.45 1.40 to 1.51 <0.001 0.80 0.76 to 0.83 <0.001
Asystole Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
Weekend 0.99 0.96 to 1.04 0.97 1.03 0.99 to 1.07 0.11
Night 1.05 1.01 to 1.09 0.007 1.08 1.04 to 1.12 <0.001
Witnessed arrest 1.25 1.20 to 1.32 <0.001 0.87 0.82 to 0.91 <0.001
Cause of event
Cardiac 1.09 1.05 to 1.13 <0.001 0.98 0.94 to 1.02 0.28
Respiratory 1.08 1.04 to 1.12 <0.001 0.96 0.93 to 1.00 0.04
Neurologic 1.07 0.88 to 1.28 0.51 0.89 0.75 to 1.05 0.18
Systemic/metabolic 0.97 0.93 to 1.00 0.09 1.24 1.20 to 1.29 <0.001
Interventions at time of arrest
Assisted ventilation 1.01 0.95 to 1.08 0.69 1.14 1.08 to 1.21 <0.001
Invasive airway 1.15 1.08 to 1.22 <0.001 1.23 1.16 to 1.30 <0.001
Need to place an invasive airway 2.59 2.46 to 2.72 <0.001 2.64 2.51 to 2.76 <0.001
Hospital factors
Academic hospital 1.36 1.30 to 1.41 <0.001 1.07 1.03 to 1.12 0.001
Urban hospital 1.20 1.12 to 1.30 <0.001 1.10 1.02 to 1.20 0.01
For‐profit hospital 0.93 0.88 to 0.98 0.01 0.95 0.90 to 1.01 0.07
High CPR volume 1.01 0.95 to 1.06 0.82 0.81 0.77 to 0.86 <0.001
Geographic location
Atlantic 1.36 1.30 to 1.41 0.19 1.12 1.07 to 1.18 0.001
North central 1.12 1.06 to 1.18 <0.001 1.04 0.99 to 1.10 0.13
South central 1.23 1.16 to 1.31 <0.001 1.13 1.07 to 1.20 <0.001
Mountain–Pacific Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
Hospital size
<250 beds Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
250 to 499 beds 1.02 0.97 to 1.07 0.48 0.92 0.88 to 0.97 0.001
≥500 beds 1.06 1.00 to 1.11 0.04 0.92 0.88 to 0.98 0.004

CPR indicates cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ICU, intensive care unit; OR, odds ratio; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; VT/VF, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation.