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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics

From: At what level of unconsciousness is mild therapeutic hypothermia indicated for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective, historical cohort study

Parameters

Good recovery

Bad recovery

P value

CPC 1–2 (n = 138)

CPC 3–5 (n = 151)

Age (year), median (IQR)

60 (53, 73)

66 (58, 73)

<0.001

Male, n/total n (%)

110/138 (79.7)

114/151 (75.5)

0.392

Bystander CPR, n/total n (%)

79/138 (57.2)

66/151 (43.7)

0.022

VF or pulseless VT, n/total n (%)

65/138 (47.1)

54/151 (35.8)

0.050

Cardiac cause, n/total n (%)

67/138 (48.6)

50/151 (33.1)

0.007

Time interval between collapse and ROSC (min), median (IQR)

14 (10, 22)

25 (18, 42)

<0.001

Without prehospital ROSC, n/total n (%)

12/138 (8.7)

40/151 (26.5)

<0.001

Glasgow Coma Scale motor response score

 1

9

76

 

 2

19

27

 

 3

12

12

<0.001

 4

42

33

 

 5

31

1

 

 6

25

2

 

Laboratory Data

 pH, median (IQR)

7.27 (7.19, 7.34)

7.09 (6.94, 7.26)

<0.001

 Base excess (mmol/l), median (IQR)

−7.8 (−14.1, −4.9)

−13.7 (−18.7, −10.4)

<0.001

 Lactate (mmol/l), median (IQR)

6.8 (4.8, 9.4)

9.8 (7.3, 12.1)

<0.001

PCPS, n/total n (%)

11/138 (8.0)

44/151 (29.1)

< 0.001

IABP, n/total n (%)

12/138 (8.7)

44/151 (29.1)

<0.001

MTH

71/138 (51.4)

80/151 (53.0)

0.795

  1. IQR interquartile range, CPR cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, PCPS percutaneous cardio-pulmonary support, IABP intra-aortic balloon pumping, MTH mild therapeutic hypothermia