Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics of the study population at admission stratified according to the presence of cirrhosis

Parameters	All patients (n = 1068)	Cirrhosis (n = 47)	No cirrhosis (n = 1021)	p value
Age, years median; IQR	61 (50–72)	62 (51–67)	61 (50–72)	0.92
Male, n %	765 (72)	35 (74)	730 (72)	0.66
Weight, kg median; IQR	80 (70–90)	80 (69.5–93)	80 (70–90)	0.72
Height, cm median; IQR	175 (168–180)	175 (165–180)	175 (168–180)	0.59
SOFA admission, pts median; IQR	9 (6–12)	11 (7.5–13)	9 (6–12)	< 0.05
SAPS II admission, pts median; IQR	80 (74–88)	87 (77.5–100)	80 (73–87)	< 0.001
Charlson comorbidity index, pts. median; IQR	1 (0–3)	4 (2.5–6)	1 (0–2)	< 0.001
Cause of arrest, n %
Cardiac	678 (63)	21 (45)	657 (64)	< 0.05
Out of hospital, n %	798 (75)	31 (66)	767 (75)	0.16
Invasive mechanical ventilation, n %	850 (80)	35 (74)	815 (80)	0.37
Before cardiac arrest—normal CPC, n %	1043 (98)	45 (96)	998 (98)	0.45
Before cardiac arrest—normal OPC, n %	973 (91)	39 (83)	934 (91)	0.09
Ischaemic time, min median; IQR*
No flow	0 (0–3)	0 (0–3.5)	0 (0–3)	0.49
Low flow	13 (4–25)	11 (3–23)	13 (4–25)	0.51
Time to ROSC	16 (5–30)	15 (3–27)	16 (5–30)	0.42
Epinephrine cumulative (mg) median; IQR	3 (1–4)	3 (1–5.5)	3 (1–4)	< 0.001
Witnessed cardiac arrest, n %	921 (86)	42 (89)	879 (86)	0.56
Initial rhythm, n %
VT/VF	550 (51)	10 (21)	540 (53)	< 0.001
PEA/asystole	465 (44)	35 (75)	430 (42)
Other/unknown	53 (5)	2 (4)	51 (5)	0.82
Defibrillation, n %	646 (60)	14 (30)	632 (62)	< 0.001
Therapeutic hypothermia, n %	666 (62)	18 (38)	648 (63)	< 0.001

SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, CPC cerebral performance categories, OPC overall performance categories, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, VT ventricular tachycardia, VF ventricular fibrillation, PEA pulseless electrical activity

* Overall (n = 926), cirrhosis (n = 41), no cirrhosis (n = 1021)