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)

VariableSurvival (%)P value*

Admission serviceSurgical290.0002
Medical14
Cardiac16

Bed statusICU14<0.0001
Telemetry36
Floor33

EtiologyCardiac17<0.0001
Respiratory35

CPA duration1st quartile (0–10 min)310.002
2nd quartile (10.1–20 min)25
3rd quartile (20.1–30 min)13
4th quartile (>30 min)11

(b)

Survival (%)*

GenderMale23
Female20

Age (quartiles)1st19
2nd23
3rd24
4th21

RaceCaucasian23
African American20
Asian20

WitnessedYes25
No20

MonitoredYes 21
No23

Time of arrest12 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

= NS.