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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: In-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes in the era of COVID-19: an observational study in a Singapore hospital

 

Pre-COVID-19 period (n = 34)

COVID-19 period (n = 46)

P value

Age (year)

70.8 ± 12.7

65.0 ± 12.8

0.04

Male gender (%)

23 (64.8)

28 (66.4)

0.42

DM (%)

24 (68.9)

28 (65.5)

0.74

Hypertension (%)

17 (54.4)

22 (48.7)

0.27

IHD (%)

10 (24.8)

10 (28.6)

0.39

CVA (%)

8 (18.1)

12 (16.8)

0.85

Chronic kidney disease (%)

9 (23.2)

13 (31.1)

0.93

Chronic lung disease (%)

5 (12.0)

7 (14.3)

0.99

Chronic liver disease (%)

1 (8.0)

1 (5.8)

0.81

Malignancy (%)

6 (14.4)

1 (8.4)

0.01

APACHE II Score

29.1 ± 10.1

29.3 ± 9.2

0.93

HCBT response time (min)

2.45 ± 1.25

3.50 ± 2.12

0.01

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, IHD ischaemic heart disease, CVA cerebrovascular accident, APACHE II Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II, HCBT hospital code blue team