Standard versus Abdominal Lifting and Compression CPR

Table 1

Patient baseline characteristics.

	ALP-CPR ()	STD-CPR ()	value
Sex
Female	23 (57.5%)	22 (51.2%)	0.148
Male	17 (42.5%)	21 (48.8%)
Age (y)	64.9 (14.9)	62.5 (13.7)	0.450
Cardiac arrest time (min)	8.0 (3.1)	8.8 (8.0)	0.574
Weight (kg)	65.1 (9.9)	64.1 (10.2)	0.634
Height (cm)	163.3 (10.4)	161.0 (9.3)	0.293
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.5 (3.2)	24.8 (4.0)	0.700

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or number and percentage.
ALP-CPR, abdominal lifting and compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation; BMI, body mass index; STD-CPR, standard CPR.