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. 2022 Jul 1;14(7):e26505. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26505

Table 2. Conditions associated with EDCA and IPCA.

Since cardiac arrest can be multifactorial, the percentages do not add up.

EDCA - emergency department cardiac arrest; IPCA - inpatient cardiac arrest

Variables, n (%) EDCA (n=13,239) IPCA (n=2,109) p-value
Acidosis 320 (2.4%)   926 (43.9%) <0.001
Acute kidney injury 28 (0.21%) 573 (27.2%) <0.001
Asphyxiation and strangulation 357 (2.7%) 49 (2.3%) 0.606
Bronchiolitis 17 (0.13%) 201 (9.5%) <0.001
Cardiac surgery 11 (0.07%) 52 (2.5%) <0.001
Cardiomyopathy 22 (0.17%) 64 (3%) <0.001
Cerebral edema 31 (0.23%) 287 (13.6%) <0.001
Hyperkalemia 181 (1.4%) 233 (11.1%) <0.001
Hypothermia 157 (1.2%) 43 (2%) 0.129
Pneumonia 106 (0.8%) 436 (20.7%) <0.001
Pneumothorax 104 (0.8%) 138 (6.5%) <0.001
Pulmonary embolism 10 (0.06%) 131 (6.2%) <0.001
Respiratory failure 663 (5.01%) 1,598 (75.8%) <0.001
Sepsis 140 (1.1%) 474 (22.5%) <0.001
Shock 21 (0.2%) 393 (19%) <0.001
Trauma 2,059 (15.6%) 571 (27.1%) <0.001
Ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation 186 (1.4%) 272 (12.9%) <0.001