Research Article

A Retrospective Study: Quick Scoring of Symptoms to Estimate the Risk of Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department

Table 1

Variables collected from the electronic health records of Peking University Third Hospital.

Patient variablesAge
Gender
Hospitalization information such as time of first medical contact and visiting pattern
Underlying diseases

Arrest variablesVital signs before CA, including temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation
Laboratory tests such as routine blood test, coagulation function, and inflammatory factors
Exact time and location of the attack
Initial ECG rhythms (shockable rhythm and nonshockable rhythm)
Witness or bystander CPR
Rescue measures, including CPR, defibrillation, auxiliary ventilation, and resuscitation drugs

Outcome variablesAdmission survival, ROSC, and survival to discharge
Neurological outcome at discharge
Presumed etiology of CA or preliminary diagnosis of non-CA patients

Prodromal symptomsDyspnea, chest pain, abdominal pain, backache, syncope, cold sweat, and palpitation