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. 2023 Jan 5;111:122–123. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.01.004

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients who had cardiac arrest (CA) with and without concomitant COVID-19 infection.

Characteristics CA with concomitant COVID-19 infection N = 31,170 (11.92%) CA without concomitant COVID-19 infection N = 230,260 (88.08%) P value
Age (Median) 67 65 <0.001
Female 39.40 42.17 <0.001
Race <0.001
White 41.00 61.35
Black 23.88 20.24
Hispanic 25.30 11.06
Coronary artery disease 24.45 32.60 <0.001
Prior myocardial infarction 4.76 6.88 <0.001
Hypertension 75.38 68.38 <0.001
Peripheral artery disease 5.05 8.82 <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 53.74 38.50 <0.001
Hyperlipidemia 41.74 36.65 <0.001
Congestive heart failure 29.48 42.89 <0.001
COPD 22.43 26.19 <0.001
Valvular disease 5.76 10.86 <0.001
End stage renal disease 10.14 10.48 0.064
STEMI 1.96 6.37 <0.001
NSTEMI 5.73 9.47 <0.001
Sepsis 38.48 28.38 <0.001
Pulmonary Embolism 5.10 3.27 <0.001
Ventricular tachycardia 9.46 13.75 <0.001
Ventricular fibrillation 6.29 12.77 <0.001
Left heart catheterization 1.36 12.21 <0.001
Percutaneous coronary intervention 0.67 6.27 <0.001
Coronary artery bypass surgery 0.03 1.37 <0.001
Acute kidney injury 63.46 51.82 <0.001
ESRD on dialysis 0.13 0.04 <0.001
Respiratory failure 72.62 66.68 <0.001
RF requiring mechanical Ventilation 53.29 51.98 <0.001
Cardiogenic Shock 2.82 6.92 <0.001

Abbreviations: CA- cardiac arrest; COPD- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; STEMI- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI- non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; ESRD- end stage renal disease; RF- respiratory failure.