Research Article
Validation of Factors Affecting the Outcome of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center
Table 1
Patient characteristics: demographics, admission service, and level of monitoring.
| Gender | Male | 476 (67.1%) | Female FF | 233 (32.9%) |
| Age (years) | | 1st quartile 18.4–47.4 | 2nd quartile 47.5–58.2 | 3rd quartile 58.3–69.8 | 4th quartile >69.9 |
| Race | Caucasian | 349 (51.8%) | African American | 290 (43.0%) | Asian | 25 (3.7%) | Other | 10 (1.5%) |
| Admission service | Surgical | 312 (42.8%) | Medical | 264 (36.2%) | Cardiology | 122 (16.7%) | Unknown/other | 31 (4.3%) |
| Bed type | Intensive care unit | 453 (62.1%) | Floor | 144 (19.8%) | Telemetry | 118 (16.2%) | Unknown/other | 14 (1.9%) |
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