Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Pt. | Gender (m/f) | Age (year) | Diagnosis Initial heart rhythm |
Number of shocks | Hypothermia | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | m | 62 | Respiratory failure (COPD) Asystole |
— | U | S |
| 2 | m | 76 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
6 | U | S |
| 3 | m | 63 | Respiratory failure (COPD) Ventricular fibrillation |
1 | U | NS |
| 4 | m | 32 | Asphyxia Asystole |
— | U | NS |
| 5 | m | 34 | Chest trauma Asystole |
— | U | S |
| 6 | m | 61 | Myocardial infarction Asystole |
— | U | S |
| 7 | m | 86 | Myocardial infarction Asystole |
— | U | NS |
| 8 | m | 56 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
3 | U | S |
| 9 | m | 45 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
3 | U | S |
| 10 | m | 44 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
5 | U | S |
| 11 | m | 67 | Myocardial infarction Asystole |
— | U | S |
| 12 | f | 72 | Lung embolism Asystole |
— | U | NS |
| 13 | m | 54 | Unknown Ventricular fibrillation |
3 | N | NS |
| 14 | m | 61 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
6 | N | S |
| 15 | m | 90 | Cardiac arrhythmia Ventricular fibrillation |
1 | N | S |
| 16 | m | 51 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
1 | N | S |
| 17 | f | 62 | Coronary heart disease Ventricular fibrillation |
9 | N | NS |
| 18 | m | 70 | Coronary heart disease Ventricular fibrillation |
1 | N | S |
| 19 | f | 62 | Coronary heart disease Ventricular fibrillation |
2 | N | S |
| 20 | f | 51 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
7 | Y | NS |
| 21 | f | 69 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
10 | Y | S |
| 22 | m | 72 | Myocardial infarction Asystole |
— | Y | NS |
| 23 | m | 88 | Myocardial infarction Ventricular fibrillation |
4 | Y | NS |
| 24 | f | 82 | Respiratory failure (COPD) Ventricular fibrillation |
1 | Y | NS |
| 25 | m | 75 | Coronary heart disease Ventricular fibrillation |
1 | Y | S |
N: no; NS: nonsurvivor; S: survivor; U: unclear; Y: yes.