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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and outcomes

From: Shortening of low-flow duration over time was associated with improved outcomes of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in in-hospital cardiac arrest

 

Total 117 patients

Baseline characteristics

 Age (years)

66 (46–75)

 Male [n (%)]

77 (65.8)

 Initial rhythm [n (%)]

 Shockable rhythm

29 (25.7)

 PEA

73 (65.2)

 Asystole

10 (8.9)

 Any shockable rhythma [n (%)]

53 (50.0)

 Witnessed [n (%)]

112 (95.7)

 Bystander CPR [n (%)]

117 (100)

 NFD (min)

0 (0–0)

 LFD (min)

27 (19–40)

 < 20 min [n (%)]

28 (26.9)

 20–39 min [n (%)]

48 (46.2)

 Over 40 min [n (%)]

28 (26.9)

Time zone [n (%)]

 9:00–16:59

47 (41.2)

 17:00–0:59

34 (29.8)

 1:00–8:59

33 (29.0)

 Weekday [n (%)]

93 (80.2)

Initiation site [n (%)]

 ICU

45 (38.5)

 Catheter laboratory

26 (22.2)

 General ward

24 (20.5)

 ER

12 (10.3)

 Operating room

6 (5.1)

 Imaging laboratory

3 (2.6)

 Outpatient units

1 (0.85)

Cause of cardiac arrest [n (%)]

 Heart disease

80 (68.4)

 Hemorrhagic shock

13 (11.1)

 Septic shock

4 (3.4)

 Pulmonary embolism

4 (3.4)

 Respiratory failure

3 (2.6)

 Other

13 (11.1)

Outcomes

 90-day period

 

  Survival [n (%)]

45 (38.8)

  CPC 1 or 2 [n (%)]

37 (31.9)

  CPC 3–5 [n (%)]

79 (68.1)

  Length of ECMO (day)

4 (2–6)

  Length of ICU stay (day)

10 (4–19)

  1. CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ICU intensive care unit, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, CPC Cerebral performance category
  2. aAny shockable rhythm during CPR
  3. Data are median (interquartile range) for continuous variables
  4. P values are calculated using the Mann-Whitney U and Fisher exact tests