Research Article

Outcomes of Early versus Late Endotracheal Intubation in Patients with Initial Non-Shockable Rhythm Cardiopulmonary Arrest in the Emergency Department

Table 3

Odds ratio from multivariate logistic regression predicting survival to hospital discharge from time to advance airway management ≤2 minutes VS >2 minutes.

Associated factorOdds ratio95% confidence interval value

Time to advanced airway management ≤2 min1.280.59–2.760.524
Time to first dose of epinephrine within 2 min1.630.60–4.740.317
Intravenous sodium bicarbonate used during resuscitation0.210.06–0.740.015
Age0.990.98–1.020.862
Gender1.400.65–3.010.381
Etiology of cardiac arrest0.930.68–1.280.652
Collapsed time to first chest compression0.950.93–0.980.002

Reference with time to advanced airway management >2 minutes.