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. 2020 Apr 10;151:18–23. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.04.005

Table 2.

Outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and in-hospital cardiac arrest in Wuhan.

Group N ROSC
30-day survival
n (%) p-Value OR (95% CI) n (%) p-Value OR (95% CI)
Age, years 0.08 0.19
 >60 105 11 (10.5) 1.00 2 (1.9) 1.00
 ≤60 31 7 (22.6) 2.49 (0.87–7.11) 2 (6.5) 3.55 (0.48–26.32)



Sex 0.12 0.15
 Female 46 9 (19.6) 1.00 0 (0) 1.00
 Male 90 9 (10) 0.46 (0.17–1.25) 4 (4.4) 4.28 (0.22–82.71)



Location <0.01 <0.01
 General ward 113 8 (7.1) 1.00 1 (1) 1.00
 ICU 23 10 (43.5) 10.10 (3.38–30.14) 3 (13) 16.80 (1.66–169.70)



Witnessed 0.43 0.72
 No 4 0 (0) 1.000 0 (0) 1.00
 Yes 132 18 (13.6) 1.26 (0.06–24.91) 4 (3) 0.25 (0.01–5.57)



Aetiology 0.48 0.36
 Cardiac 10 2 (20) 1.000 1 (10) 1.00
 Respiratory 119 16 (13.4) 0.62 (0.12–3.19) 3 (2.5) 0.23 (0.02–2.47)
 Others 7 0 (0) 0.29 (0.01–7.45) 0 (0) 0.64 (0.02–22.06)



Initial rhythm <0.01 <0.01
 VF/VT 8 6 (75.0) 1.000 3 (37.5) 1.00
 PEA 6 1 (16.7) 0.07 (0.01–0.97) 0 (0) 0.14 (0.01–3.48)
 Asystole 122 11 (9) 0.03 (0.01–0.18) 1 (0.8) 0.01 (0.00–0.16)

ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, pulseless ventricular tachycardia.