TABLE 2.
Characteristics of IHCA Patients Who Died Before Discharge Versus Surviving to Discharge
| Patient Characteristics | N (%)
|
Significance (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died Before Discharge (n = 9539) | Survived to Discharge (n = 1621) | Total (N = 11,160) | ||
| Arrest location | ||||
| Medical surgical unit | 3274 (82.2) | 711 (17.8) | 3985 (35.7) | < 0.001 |
| Intensive care unit | 6265 (87.3) | 910 (12.7) | 7175 (64.3) | |
| Monitored | ||||
| No | 1218 (88.2) | 163 (11.8) | 1381 (12.4) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 8321 (85.1) | 1458 (14.9) | 9779 (87.6) | |
| Witnessed | ||||
| No | 1618 (86.8) | 246 (13.2) | 1864 (16.7) | 0.009 |
| Yes | 7921 (85.2) | 1375 (14.8) | 9296 (83.3) | |
| Initial shockable rhythm | ||||
| No | 8359 (88.4) | 1092 (11.6) | 9451 (84.7) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 1180 (69.0) | 529 (31.0) | 1709 (15.3) | |
| Mechanical ventilation | ||||
| No | 5187 (81.0) | 1219 (19.0) | 6406 (57.4) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 4352 (91.5) | 402 (8.5) | 4754 (42.6) | |
| Septicemia | ||||
| No | 7407 (83.7) | 1442 (16.3) | 8849 (79.3) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 2132 (92.3) | 179 (7.7) | 2311 (20.7) | |
| Hepatic insufficiency | ||||
| No | 8609 (84.8) | 1540 (15.2) | 10149 (90.9) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 930 (92.0) | 81 (8.0) | 1011 (9.1) | |
| Hypotension | ||||
| No | 6511 (82.9) | 1346 (17.1) | 7857 (70.4) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 3028 (91.7) | 275 (8.3) | 3303 (29.6) | |
| Metastatic or hematologic malignancy | ||||
| No | 8201 (84.5) | 1499 (15.5) | 9700 (86.9) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 1338 (91.6) | 122 (8.4) | 1460 (13.1) | |
| Intravenous vasopressor | ||||
| No | 6015 (82.3) | 1298 (17.7) | 7313 (65.5) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 3524 (91.6) | 323 (8.4) | 3847 (34.5) | |
Significance (P) is the probability associated with the χ2 testing whether the likelihood of survival to discharge is independent of the different patient characteristics.
IHCA indicates in-hospital cardiac arrest.