Parameters | Values | Parameters | Values |
---|---|---|---|
Age (mean; 95% CIs) | 54 (52.2, 55.6) | Immediate precipitating cause | |
Gender | Metabolic | 108 (28; 0.24, 0.33) | |
Female | 149 (39; 0.34, 0.43) | Cardiac (arrhythmias/ischaemia) | 127 (33; 0.29, 0.38) |
Male | 234 (61; 0.55,0.65) | Hypoxia/acute respiratory insufficiency | 60 (16; 0.12, 0.2) |
Hypotension | 40 (10; 0.08, 0.14) | ||
Reason for admission | Others (sepsis/unknown) | 48 (13; 0.09, 0.16) | |
Cardiac | 116 (30; 0.25,0.34) | Location where code ran | |
Medical (non-cardiac) | 198 (52; 0.47, 0.57) | Intensive care unit | 128 (33; 0.28, 0.38) |
Surgical (non-cardiac) | 54 (14; 0.10, 0.17) | Emergency room | 70 (18; 0.15, 0.22) |
Trauma | 9 (2; 0.0117, 0.04) | Special care unit | 65 (17; 0.13, 0.21) |
Day care procedure | 6 (1.6; 0.006, 0.03) | Coronary care unit | 51 (13; 0.10, 0.17) |
Pre-existing conditionsa | Floor | 48 (13; 0.09, 0.16) | |
Hypertension | 163 (43) | Diagnostic and therapeutic area | 11 (3; 0.09, 0.16) |
Ischaemic heart disease | 142 (37) | Operation theatre | 5 (1.3; 0.005, 0.03) |
Diabetes | 137 (36) | Recovery room | 2 (1; 0.0002, 0.02) |
End-stage diseases | 62 (16) | Initial rhythm at time of CPR | |
Hyperlipidaemia | 45 (12) | Pulseless electrical activity | 191 (50; 0.45, 0.54) |
Chronic renal failure | 43 (11) | Asystole | 114 (30; 0.25, 0.34) |
Malignancy | 39 (10) | VF or VT | 71 (19; 0.15, 0.23) |
COPD | 22 (6) | Unknown | 7 (2; 0.008, 0.04) |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 14 (4) | Event monitored or witnessed or both | |
Monitored | 323 (84; 0.80, 0.88) | ||
CPR intervention in place at time of arresta | Unmonitored | 60 (16; 0.12, 0.19) | |
Intravenous access | 358 (94) | Event time intervals (mean; 95% CIs) | |
ECG monitoring | 291 (76) | Interval from collapse to CPR start time | 2 min (0.12, 4.34) |
Invasive airway | 176 (46) | Interval from collapse to defibrillation | 8 min (4.17, 11.47) |
Intra-arterial catheter | 85 (22) | Interval from collapse to advanced airway achieved | 11 min (7.53, 13.83) |
Implantable defibrillator | 3 (1) | Interval from collapse to 1st dose of epinephrine | 9 min (3.9, 14) |
Duration of CPR | |||
≤10 min | 169 (44; 0.39, 0.49) | ||
>10 min | 214 (56; 0.51, 0.61) |