Clinical Study
Improved Survival with Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest with Cold Saline and Surfacing Cooling: Keep It Simple
Table 1
Demographic, ICU cardiac arrest characteristics, and mortality of all included patients ().
| | Total ( | Before TH group (–58%) | TH group (–42%) | P |
| | Age, median (P25–P75) | 66 | (56–75) | 66 | (58–75) | 65 | (55–75) | .307§ | | Sex, n (%) | | | | | | | | | Male | 103 | (79) | 59 | (79) | 44 | (80) | .853* | | Female | 27 | (21) | 16 | (21) | 11 | (20) | | | Reason for admission, n (%) | | | | | | | | | Cardiac | 69 | (53) | 40 | (53) | 29 | (53) | .945* | | Non cardiac | 61 | (47) | 35 | (47) | 26 | (47) | | | SAPS II, median (P25–P75) | 53 | (41–61) | 49 | (39–65) | 53 | (41–58) | .884§ | | Ventilation days, median (P25–P75) | 6 | (2–10) | 6 | (3–10) | 5 | (2–9) | .199§ | | ICU days, median (P25–P75) | 7 | (3–11) | 7 | (4–11) | 6 | (3–9) | .291§ | | CPR duration, median (P25–P75) | 10 | (7–19) | 10 | (7–20) | 11 | (7–19) | .942§ | | CPR rhythm, n (%) | | | | | | | | | Asystole | 75 | (58) | 43 | (57) | 32 | (58) | .991* | | PEA | 14 | (11) | 8 | (11) | 6 | (11) | | | VF | 41 | (32) | 24 | (32) | 17 | (31) | | | Mortality, n (%) | | | | | | | | | Alive | 62 | (48) | 29 | (39) | 33 | (60) | .016* | | Dead | 68 | (52) | 46 | (61) | 22 | (40) | |
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TH: therapeutic hypothermia; SAPS II: simplified acute physiologic score; ICU: intensive care unit; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; PEA: pulseless electrical activity; VF: ventricular fibrilation.
P: percentile; *Chi-square test; §Mann-Whitney test.
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