Research Article
Validation of Factors Affecting the Outcome of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in a Large, Urban, Academic Medical Center
Table 3
(a) Variables predicting CPA survival. (b) Variables with no statistically significant impact on CPA survival.
(a) |
| Variable | Survival (%) | P value* |
| Admission service | Surgical | 29 | 0.0002 | Medical | 14 | Cardiac | 16 |
| Bed status | ICU | 14 | <0.0001 | Telemetry | 36 | Floor | 33 |
| Etiology | Cardiac | 17 | <0.0001 | Respiratory | 35 |
| CPA duration | 1st quartile (0–10 min) | 31 | 0.002 | 2nd quartile (10.1–20 min) | 25 | 3rd quartile (20.1–30 min) | 13 | 4th quartile (>30 min) | 11 |
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(b) |
| | | Survival (%)* |
| Gender | Male | 23 | Female | 20 |
| Age (quartiles) | 1st | 19 | 2nd | 23 | 3rd | 24 | 4th | 21 |
| Race | Caucasian | 23 | African American | 20 | Asian | 20 |
| Witnessed | Yes | 25 | No | 20 |
| Monitored | Yes | 21 | No | 23 |
| Time of arrest | 12 a.m.–6 a.m. | 18 | 6 a.m.–12 p.m. | 22 | 12 p.m.–6 p.m. | 23 | 6 p.m.–12 a.m. | 19 |
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