Table 1.
Patients Characteristics
| Demographics, cardiac arrest characteristics and therapies
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients N=146 |
Good Outcome N=30 |
Bad Outcome N = 116 |
P value | |
| Age, median (range) | 64.5 (53–77) | 57 (52–68) | 66.5 (56–78) | 0.03 |
| Male gender | 77 (53) | 14 (47) | 63 (54) | 0.46 |
| Race | ||||
| Caucasians | 106 (73) | 21 (70) | 85 (73) | 0.72 |
| Black | 40 (27) | 9 (30) | 31 (27) | |
| Co morbidities | ||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 53 (36) | 10 (33) | 43 (37) | 0.70 |
| Hypertension | 110 (75) | 25 (83) | 85 (73) | 0.26 |
| Coronary artery disease | 58 (40) | 12 (40) | 46 (40) | 0.97 |
| Congestive heart failure | 55 (38) | 15 (50) | 40 (34) | 0.12 |
| CVA/TIA | 25 (17) | 4 (13) | 21 (18) | 0.54 |
| ESRD on HD | 14 (10) | 6 (20) | 8 (7) | 0.03 |
| COPD | 44 (30) | 8 (27) | 36 (31) | 0.64 |
| History of Cancer | 24 (16) | 9 (30) | 15 (13) | 0.03 |
| Co morbidity ≥2 | 105 (72) | 24 (80) | 81 (70) | 0.27 |
| Arrest characteristics | ||||
| Witnessed arrest | 113 (77) | 26 (87) | 87 (75) | 0.17 |
| Bystander CPR | 46 (32) | 9 (30) | 37 (32) | 0.84 |
| BRS ≥ 3 at 24 hours | 35 (24) | 15 (50) | 20 (17) | <0.0001 |
| Initial rhythm VF/VT | 28 (19) | 13 (40) | 16 (14) | 0.001 |
| Care withdrawal | 76 (52) | 0 (0) | 76 (65) | <0.0001 |
| Interval collapse to ROSC, min | 21.5 (12–35) | 9.5 (4–13) | 28.5 (16.5–40) | <0.0001 |
| Post arrest Hemoglobin g/dl | 11.4 (9.4–13.2) | 12.5 (11.2–13.5) | 10.8 (8.9–13.1) | 0.01 |
| Post arrest Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dl post arrest therapies | 98 (67) | 27 (90) | 71 (61) | 0.003 |
| Hypothermia | 71 (49) | 17 (57) | 54 (47) | 0.32 |
| Transfusion | 34 (23) | 6 (20) | 28 (24) | 0.63 |
| PCI | 3 (2) | 2 (7) | 1 (1) | 0.05 |
Data are: n (%), median (range). CVA/TIA: cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack, ESRD On HD: end stage renal disease on hymodialysis, COPD: chronic obstructive lung disease, CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, BRS: brain stem reflex score, VF/VT: ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia, ROSC: return of spontaneous circulation, PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.