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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with cardiac arrest

From: The development and validation of a nomogram to determine neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest patients

Variables

Total

Favorable neurological outcome(N = 148)

Poor neurological outcome(N = 226)

P

Male

270(72.19)

109(73.65)

161(71.24)

0.611

Age, years

62(51–74)

58(50.25–70.75)

66(52–76)

0.002

Weight, kg

77(67–85)

78(70–85.75)

76(65–85)

0.164

Comorbidity

 Hypertension

159(42.51)

65(43.92)

94(41.59)

0.656

 Diabetes

91(24.33)

30(20.27)

61(26.99)

0.139

 Coronary artery disease

146(39.04)

55(37.16)

91(40.27)

0.547

 COPD/Asthma

63(16.84)

19(12.84)

44(19.47)

0.094

 Chronic Heart Failure

78(20.86)

28(18.92)

50(22.12)

0.456

 Chronic Renal Failure

62(16.58)

21(14.19)

41(18.14)

0.315

 Liver cirrhosis

17(4.55)

3(2.03)

14(6.19)

0.058

 Previous Neurol Disease

54(14.44)

13(8.78)

41(18.14)

0.012

Clinical characteristics at the time of CPR

 Witnessed arrest

320(85.56)

136(91.89)

184(81.42)

0.005

 Bystander CPR

254(67.91)

114(77.03)

140(61.95)

0.002

 Time to ROSC, min

15(7–25)

11.5(5–20)

17(10–25)

 < 0.001

 Non-cardiac etiology

153(40.91)

49(33.11)

104(46.02)

0.014

 None-shockable rhythm

221(59.09)

61(41.22)

160(70.80)

 < 0.001

During ICU stay

 Shock

200(53.48)

64(43.24)

136(60.18)

0.001

 Vasopressor therapy

283(75.67)

100(67.57)

183(80.97)

0.003

 AKI

221(59.10)

70(47.30)

151(66.81)

 < 0.001

 Mechanical ventilation

369(98.66)

143(96.62)

226(100)

0.005

 IABP

24(6.42)

6(4.05)

18(7.96)

0.131

 ECMO

47(12.57)

18(12.16)

29(12.83)

0.848

 CRRT

61(16.31)

21(14.19)

40(17.70)

0.369

Outcome

 ICU stay, day

4(2–9)

6(3–11.75)

3(2–8)

 < 0.001

 ICU death

194(51.87)

0(0)

194(85.84)

 < 0.001

 In-hospital death

213(56.95)

0(0)

213(94.25)

 < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ROSC Restoration of spontaneous circulation, ICU Intensive care unit, AKI Acute Kidney Injury, IABP Intra-aortic ballon pump, ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, CRRT Continuous renal replacement therapy