ROSC rates and live discharge rates after cardiopulmonary resuscitation by different CPR teams - a retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Characteristics of patients treated by the three CPR teams (RR, Resident, and EM teams)

			Teams			P-value
			RR n = 431	Resident n = 444	EM n = 270	P-value
Age (years)		Mean	65.69	67.15	66.88	0.368
Age (years)		SD	15.54	16.39	15.97	0.368
Gender	Male	N	258	271	157	0.747
	Male	%	37.6	39.5	22.9
	Female	N	173	173	113
	Female	%	37.7	37.7	24.6
Height (cm)		Mean	158.21	157.70	159.47	0.698
Height (cm)		SD	23.89	24.66	22.79	0.698
Weight (kg)		M	66.53	65.49	64.51	0.198
Weight (kg)		SD	13.42	14.08	13.29	0.198
Defibrillation during CPR		N	104	93	39	0.008
Defibrillation during CPR		%	44.1	39.4	16.5	0.008
Type of arrest	Cardiac arrest	N	348	360	224	0.745
	Cardiac arrest	%	37.3	38.6	24.0
	Respiratory arrest	N	83	84	46
	Respiratory arrest	%	39.0	39.4	21.6
CPR start after cardiopulmonary arrest (min)		Mean	0.60	0.50	0.45	0.357
CPR start after cardiopulmonary arrest (min)		SD	1.647	1.359	1.262	0.357
Placement of advanced airway		N	194	188	122	0.661
Placement of advanced airway		%	38.5	37.3	24.2	0.661
Attempt for endotracheal intubation	No intubation	N	237	255	148	0.174
	No intubation	%	37.0	39.8	23.1
	First attempt	N	180	161	109
	First attempt	%	40.0	35.8	24.2
	>Two attempts	N	14	28	13
	>Two attempts	%	25.5	50.9	23.6
CPR time (min)		M	15.35	16.45	14.90	0.522
CPR time (min)		SD	19.841	20.558	15.347	0.522
Charlson comorbidity index		M	2.61	2.58	2.69	0.512
Charlson comorbidity index		SD	1.32	1.06	1.35	0.512

RR: Rapid Response; EM: Emergency Medicine; SD: Standard Deviation; CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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