Table 3.
Clinical features in the early post-resuscitation period.
| Variables of post-resuscitation hemodynamics | Time to epinephrine in children who survived to ICU admission (n = 73) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Early (n = 23) | Inter mediate (n = 41) | Late (n = 9) | ||
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
| Oxygenation | |||||
| Hypoxic | 17 (23.3) | 7 (30.4) | 8 (19.5) | 2 (22.2) | 0.609 |
| Non-hypoxic | 56 (76.7) | 16 (69.6) | 33 (80.5) | 7 (77.8) | |
| Heart Ratea | |||||
| Tachycardia | 35 (48.0) | 17 (73.9) | 16 (39.0) | 2 (22.2) | 0.016 |
| Normal | 19 (26.0) | 4 (17.4) | 13 (31.7) | 2 (22.2) | |
| Bradycardia | 19 (26.0) | 2 (8.7) | 12 (29.3) | 5 (55.6) | |
| Heart Rhythm | |||||
| Sinus | 50 (68.5) | 16 (69.6) | 26 (63.4) | 8 (88.9) | 0.327 |
| Non-sinus | 23 (31.5) | 7 (30.4) | 15 (36.6) | 1 (11.1) | |
| Mean Blood Pressure | |||||
| Hypertension | 29 (39.7) | 13 (56.5) | 14 (34.1) | 2 (22.2) | 0.159 |
| Normal | 19 (26.0) | 3 (13.0) | 14 (34.1) | 2 (22.2) | |
| Hypotension | 25 (34.3) | 7 (30.5) | 13 (31.8) | 5 (55.6) | |
| Consciousness Level | |||||
| GCS>7 | 13 (17.8) | 6 (26.1) | 5 (12.2) | 2 (22.2) | 0.697 |
| GCS = 4–7 | 29 (39.7) | 8 (34.8) | 18 (43.9) | 3 (33.3) | |
| GCS = 3 | 31 (42.5) | 9 (39.1) | 18 (43.9) | 4 (44.5) | |
| Body Temperature | |||||
| Pyrexia | 7 (9.6) | 1 (4.3) | 4 (9.8) | 2 (22.2) | 0.303 |
| Non-pyrexia | 66 (90.4) | 22 (95.7) | 37 (90.2) | 7 (77.8) | |
| Urine Output | |||||
| >1 ml/kg/h | 11 (15.1) | 2 (8.7) | 8 (19.5) | 1 (11.1) | 0.285 |
| 1–0.5 ml/kg/h | 39 (53.4) | 10 (43.5) | 24 (58.5) | 5 (55.6) | |
| <0.5 ml/kg/h | 23 (31.5) | 11 (47.8) | 9 (22.0) | 3 (33.3) | |
a
Significant factor.
GCS, Glasgow Coma Score.