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Table 4 Outcomes of ED of pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 outbreak groups

From: Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest management and outcomes in a low-resource emergency medical service system: a perspective from Thailand

Characteristics

Total

(N = 691)

n (%)

Pre-COVID-19 outbreak (2019)

(n = 341)

n (%)

COVID-19 outbreak (2020)

(n = 350)

n (%)

P value

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

All patient

 Sustained ROSC at ED (missing = 39)

209 (32.1)

109 (33)

100 (31.3)

0.589

0.91 (0.66–1.27)

1.01 (0.68–1.49)

 Survival to ICU/ward admission (missing = 46)

154 (23.9)

91 (27.8)

63 (19.8)

0.017

0.64 (0.44–0.93)

0.78 (0.49–1.15)

 Survival to discharge (missing = 53)

32 (5.0)

25 (7.7)

7 (2.2)

0.002

0.27 (0.12–0.64)

0.34 (0.15–0.95)

In shockable rhythm patient (n = 85)

 Sustained ROSC at ED (missing = 4)

29 (35.8)

17 (41.5)

12 (27.3)

0.079

0.61 (0.24–1.52)

0.63 (0.19–2.03)

 Survival to ICU/ward admission (missing = 5)

26 (32.5)

17 (41.5)

9 (20.5)

0.069

0.39 (0.15–1.04)

0.46 (0.13–1.61)

 Survival to discharge (missing = 6)

10 (12.7)

8 (19.5)

2 (4.5)

0.087

0.20 (0.04–1.03)

0.67 (0.09–4.88)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation