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Table 1 Summary of survival from cardiac arrest in patients without cardiac activity (CA) on bedside sonography

From: The utility of cardiac sonography and capnography in predicting outcome in cardiac arrest

Study

PEA, no CA

Asystole, no CA

VF/VT, no CA

Total

Blaivas and Fox (2001) [3]

0/20

0/65

0/51

0/136

Salen et al. (2005) [2]

0/23

0/36

NA

0/59

Salen et al. (2001) [5]

1/23

1/32

0/4

2/59

Total

1/66

1/133

0/55

2/254

  1. VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, PEA pulseless electrical activity
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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