Research Article
Functional Outcomes: One Year after a Cardiac Arrest
Table 1
Demographic data for participants, nonparticipants (who withdrew from study or were lost to follow-up), and nonsurvivors.
| | | Participants () | Nonparticipants () | Nonsurvivors () |
| | Age in years (SD) | 60.8 (16.3) | 56.2 (13.4) | 59.6 (22.4) | | Male gender, (%) | 18 (62) | 10 (67) | 4 (80) | | Race, (%) | | | | | Caucasian | 27 (93) | 13 (87) | 5 (100) | | African American | 2 (7) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | | OHCA, (%) | 17 (59) | 12 (85) | 3 (60) | | Presumed cardiac etiology, (%) | 25 (86) | 14 (93) | 4 (80) | | Witnessed, (%) | 25 (86) | 11 (73) | 5 (100) | | Bystander CPR, (%) | 25 (88) | 5 (56) | 3 (60) | | Rhythm, (%) | | | | | VF/VT | 22 (76) | 10 (71) | 3 (60) | | PEA | 4 (14) | 3 (21) | 1 (20) | | Asystole | 2 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Unknown | 1 (3) | 1 (7) | 1 (20) | | Rescue shocks delivered (SD) | 1.54 (1.37) | 1.91 (1.30) | 3.20 (2.86) | | Hypothermia, (%) | 13 (45) | 9 (60) | 1 (20) | | Median duration of coma in days (IQR) | 1.0 (0.8–1.80) | 1.5 (1.0–2.4) | 1.6 (0.0–12.6) | | Median duration of intubation in days (IQR) | 2.0 (1.0–3.5) | 3.5 (1.0–5.0) | 6.0 (1.3–12.3) | | Median ICU length of stay in days (IQR) | 4.0 (3.0–7.0) | 6.5 (4.0–13.0) | 6.0 (2.0–17.5) | | Median total length of stay in days (IQR) | 11.0 (8.8–18.0) | 11.0 (8.0–25.5) | 15.0 (10.0–30.5) |
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SD = standard deviation; OHCA = out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation; VF/VT = ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia; PEA = pulseless electrical activity; IQR = interquartile range.
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