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Table 1 Demographics and descriptive clinical data of cardiac arrests

From: The effect of audiovisual feedback of monitor/defibrillators on percentage of appropriate compression depth and rate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

 

No feedback period (N = 30)

Feedback period (N = 30)

P-value

Demographics

 Age (year)

65.3 (14.6)

67.5 (12.9)

0.54

Sex

  

0.17

 Male

17 (56.7%)

23 (76.7%)

 Female

13 (43.3%)

7 (23.3%)

 Height (cm)

164.1 (9.2)

164.0 (8.3)

0.96

 Body weight (kg)

60.2 (12.9)

63.9 (13.7)

0.29

Descriptive clinical data

 APACHE II score

40 (10)

38 (11)

0.50

Cardiac arrest location

  

1.00

 Medical ICU

27 (90.0%)

27 (90.0%)

 

 Surgical ICU

3 (10.0%)

3 (10.0%)

 

Initial rhythm

  

0.22

 Asystole

13 (43.3%)

7 (23.3%)

 

 Pulseless electrical activity

12 (40.0%)

18 (60.0%)

 

 Ventricular fibrillation/Pulseless ventricular tachycardia

5 (16.7%)

5 (16.7%)

 
  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or number (%)
  2. APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, ICU intensive care unit