Review Article
Review and Outcome of Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the 82 patients.
| | Baseline characteristics | (%) | | Age (years) | | | Mean (SD) | 43 ± 21 | | Median (range) | 42 (0.1–88) | | Gender, M/F | 46/36 | | Location, (%) | | | Inpatient | 40 (49) | | Outpatient | 42 (51) | | Preexisting disorders, (%) | | | HTN | 7 (9) | | Diabetes mellitus | 7 (9) | | Cardiovascular disease | 13 (16) | | Chronic renal insufficiency | 5 (6) | | Malignancy | 5 (6) | | Cerebrovascular disease | 1 (2) | | Cause of the arrest, (%) | | | Acute myocardial infarction | 24 (29) | | Hypothermia | 17 (21) | | Pulmonary emboli | 10 (12) | | Arrhythmia | 6 (7) | | Drug overdose | 5 (6) | | Hyperkalemia | 4 (5) | | Myocarditis | 3 (4) | | Drowning | 2 (2) | | Diabetic ketoacidosis | 2 (2) | | Postelectroconvulsion therapy | 1 (1) | | Anaphylactic shock | 1 (1) | | Electric shock | 1 (1) | | Hemorrhagic shock | 1 (1) | | Drug induced paralysis | 1 (1) | | Abdominal aneurysm rupture | 1 (1) | | Cardiomyopathy | 1 (1) | | Amniotic fluid embolism | 1 (1) | | Lidocaine toxicity | 1 (1) |
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