Effectiveness of lower target temperature therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest syndrome patients with a resuscitation interval of ≤30 min

Table 5 Proportions of patients with favourable neurological outcomes according to the target temperature of therapeutic hypothermia in patients with a resuscitation interval of ≤30 min

Variable	Target temperature	n	CPC 1–2 on day 30	OR (95 % CI)	P value
Resuscitation interval ≤30 min	<34 °C	24	21 (88 %)	3.867 (1.126–13.286)	0.024
	≥34 °C	281	181 (64 %)
	<34 °C		20 (95 %)	8.244 (1.079–62.975)	0.017
VF/VT	≥34 °C	21	131 (71 %)
VF/VT	<34 °C	185	1 (33 %)	0.479 (0.042–5.465)	0.617
Non-VF/VT	≥34 °C	3	47 (51 %)
Non-VF/VT		92

Values are presented as the n (%)
CPC cerebral performance category, VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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