Table 1.

Demographics table reporting on the different analysed variables. All of the parameters are given as means +/−SD. For the analysis of demographic parameters, the U-test was utilised.

	Total	Survived	Dead	p-Value
Number of patients	n = 20	n = 10	n =10
Age	69.9 (9.5)	70.8 (3.8)	69.2 (12.3)	0.697
Gender				<0.001
Female	1 (5%)	0 (0%)	1 (10%)
Male	19 (95%)	10 (100%)	9 (90%)
Cause of cardiac arrest
Myocardial infarction–no. (%)	14 (70)	8 (80)	6 (60)	0.620
Primary arrhythmia–no. (%)	6 (30)	2 (20)	4 (40)	0.620
Cardiac arrest characteristics
No-flow time (min)	4.2 ± 2.9	3.0 ± 1.7	5.4 ± 3.6	0.030
Witnessed arrest by bystander–no. (%)	14 (70)	9 (90)	5 (50)	0.140
BLS provided by bystander–no. (%)	15 (75)	8 (80)	7 (70)	0.990
Dose of epinephrine during CPR (mg)	5.5 ± 4.2	4.8 ± 4.1	6.0 ± 4.2	0.060
Number of shocks	5.0 ± 4.2	4.7 ± 4.1	5.3 ± 4.3	0.730
Time to ROSC (min)	17 ± 11	15 ± 12	23 ± 15	0.080
ICU treatment
Period of ICU hospitalization (days)	12 ± 12	14 ± 9	7 ± 6	0.04
Ventilation time (days)	11 ± 10	10 ± 12	7 ± 5	0.07