Research Article

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

Table 4

Odds ratio from multivariable logistic regression predicting survival to hospital discharge with favorable neurological outcome from time to advance airway management ≤2 minutes and >2 minutes.

Associated factorOdds ratio95% confidence interval value

Time to advanced airway management ≤2 min1.680.52–5.450.387
Time to first dose of epinephrine within 2 minutes0.920.23–3.730.904
Intravenous sodium bicarbonate used during resuscitation0.140.02–1.110.063
Age0.990.96–1.020.536
Gender1.740.57–5.280.328
Etiology of cardiac arrest0.610.36–1.040.068
Collapsed time to first chest compression0.310.86–0.970.003

Reference with time to advanced airway management >2 min.