Demographics and Clinical Features of Postresuscitation Comorbidities in Long-Term Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A National Follow-Up Study
Table 4
The risk of suffering from postresuscitation comorbidities in OHCA survivors.
Comorbidities
HR
95% CI
value
Urinary tract infections
2.83
2.37–3.37
<0.001
Pneumonia
5.82
4.66–7.26
<0.001
Septicemia
8.98
6.84–11.79
<0.001
Essential hypertension
1.23
0.99–1.52
0.059
Heart failure
4.88
3.65–6.53
<0.001
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
3.60
2.74–4.72
<0.001
Epilepsy or recurrent seizures
20.83
12.24–35.43
<0.001
Chronic kidney disease
2.73
1.95–3.82
<0.001
HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval. Significant differences between OHCA survivors and comparison patients.
