Table 5.
Clinical data of children who achieved the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and survival to discharge.
| ROSC*N = 170 number/total (%) | p | Survival to discharge# N = 91 number/total (%) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 29 days−1 year | 79/139 (56.8) | 0.076 | 43/126 (34.1) | 0.039 |
| >1–8 years | 77/115 (66.9) | 42/92 (45.7) | |||
| >8–18 years | 14/27 (51.8) | 6/25 (24) | |||
| Gender | Male | 87/144 (60.4) | 0.977 | 52/126 (41.3) | 0.202 |
| Female | 83/137 (60.6) | 39/117 (33.3) | |||
| Primary diagnosis | Respiratory | 55/78 (70.5) | 0.012 | 37/67 (55.2) | 0.035 |
| Circulatory | 35/56 (62.5) | 19/49 (38.8) | |||
| Neurological | 15/24 (62.5) | 6/18 (33.3) | |||
| Liver/gastrointestinal | 6/10 (60) | 2/8 (25) | |||
| Inherited metabolic | 11/18 (61.1) | 5/14 (35.7) | |||
| Hematologic/oncologic | 11/31 (35.5) | 6/30 (20) | |||
| Systemic infection/shock | 12/22 (54.5) | 5/21 (23.8) | |||
| Poisoning/renal failure | 5/14 (37.5) | 5/13 (38.5) | |||
| trauma | 6/12 (50) | 2/12 (16.7) | |||
| Other | 14/16 (87.5) | 4/11 (36.4) | |||
| Initial heart rhythm | Bradycardia | 141/222 (63.5) | 0.223 | 83/194 (42.8) | 0.000 |
| Electrical asystole | 17/32 (53.1) | 5/24 (20.8) | |||
| Ventricular tachycardia | 2/7 (28.6) | 0/7 (0.0) | |||
| Ventricular fibrillation | 6/11 (54.5) | 1/10 (10) | |||
| Pulseless electrical activity | 4/9 (44.4) | 2/8 (25) | |||
| Endotracheal intubation before CPA | Yes | 104/190 (54.7) | 0.018 | 57/168 (33.9) | 0.09 |
| No | 66/94 (70.2) | 34/75 (45.3) | |||
| Duration of CPR | 0–15 min | 139/159 (87.4%) | 0.000 | 77/125 (61.6) | 0.000 |
| >15–30 min | 18/38 (47.4) | 10/36 (27.8) | |||
| >30 min | 13/84 (15.5%) | 4/82 (4.9) | |||
| Epinephrine | Yes | 140/247 (56.7) | 75/217 (34.6) | ||
| No | 30/34 (88.2) | 16/26 (61.5) | |||
| 1 ≤ ~3 times | 111/124(89.5) | 0.000 | 60/101 (59.4) | 0.000 | |
| 3~5 times | 17/34 (50.0) | 10/30 (33.3) | |||
| >5 times | 12/89 (13.5) | 5/86 (5.8) | |||
| Sodium bicarbonate | N = 170, total = 281 | N = 91, total = 243 | |||
| Yes | 57/116 (49.1) | 0.001 | 28/102 (27.5) | 0.006 | |
| No | 113/165 (68.5) | 63/141 (44.7) | |||
| Number of CPR attempts | 1 time | – | – | 77/186 (41.4) | 0.022 |
| >1 time | – | – | 14/57 (24.6) | ||
| time of CPR start | 08:00–15:59 am | 72/113 (63.7) | 0.663 | – | – |
| 16:00–23:59 pm | 57/98 (58.2) | – | |||
| 00:00–07:59 am | 41/70 (58.6) | – |
Total of 281 cases had ROSC documents.
Total of 243 cases had survival to discharge document.
−Records missing.