Table 7.
Event Characteristics and Outcomes in eCPR Patients
| Vital status at hospital discharge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead (N = 20) |
Alive (N = 13) |
P-value | |
| Age Category | 0.1841 | ||
| < 1 month | 7 (35.0%) | 9 (69.2%) | |
| 1 month - < 1 year | 5 (25.0%) | 3 (23.1%) | |
| 1 year - < 8 years | 5 (25.0%) | 1 (7.7%) | |
| 8 years - < 19 years | 3 (15.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Sex | 0.0871 | ||
| Male | 9 (45.0%) | 10 (76.9%) | |
| Female | 11 (55.0%) | 3 (23.1%) | |
| Duration of CPR (minutes) | 48.5 [38.5,55.5] | 28.0 [16.0,52.0] | 0.1092 |
| CPR Time Category | 0.2841 | ||
| Weekday | 9 (45.0%) | 9 (69.2%) | |
| Weeknight/Weekend | 11 (55.0%) | 4 (30.8%) | |
| Illness Category | 0.1361 | ||
| Surgical cardiac | 16 (80.0%) | 13 (100.0%) | |
| Medical cardiac | 4 (20.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Pharmacologic Interventions | |||
| Epinephrine | 19 (95.0%) | 13 (100.0%) | 1.0001 |
| Total number of epi doses | 5.0 [3.0,9.0] | 4.0 [3.0,5.0] | 0.5992 |
| Calcium | 11 (55.0%) | 10 (76.9%) | 0.2781 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 17 (85.0%) | 11 (84.6%) | 1.0001 |
| Average DBP (mmHg) | 23.5 [16.1,29.4] | 26.6 [23.0,32.0] | 0.2042 |
| Average DBP (mmHg) ≥ 25 for infants or ≥30 for children | 8 (40.0%) | 8 (61.5%) | 0.2961 |
| Average SBP (mmHg) | 55.1 [48.3,80.8] | 83.7 [64.0,98.2] | 0.1562 |
| Average SBP (mmHg) ≥ 60 for infants or ≥ 80 for children | 7 (35.0%) | 10 (76.9%) | 0.0321 |
1
Fisher's exact test.
2
Wilcoxon rank-sum test.