Table 1 Clinical data of included patients
From: The use of transcutaneous CO2 monitoring in cardiac arrest patients: a feasibility study
ROSC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Before 15 min CPR (n = 13) | After 15 min CPR (n =15) | No ROSC (n = 14) | pvalue* | |
Baseline characteristics | ||||
Age, years | 62.1 ± 13.0 | 58.1 ± 16.8 | 56.7 ± 15.7 | 0.733 |
Male sex | 9(69.2) | 10(66.6) | 12(85.7) | 0.964 |
Event characteristics | ||||
Bystander CPR | 5 (38.5) | 8 (53.3) | 8 (57.1) | 0.593 |
OHCA vs. IHCA | 4:9 | 7:8 | 9:5 | 0.218 |
Time from EMS call to hospital arrival in OHCA patients, min | 25.3 ± 10.4 | 31.4 ± 6.5 | 27.8 ± 14.6 | 0.549 |
Duration of CPR in hospital, min | 7.0 ± 4.1 | 36.6 ± 16.6 | 56.5 ± 26.1 | <0.001 |
Epinephrine used in the first 15 min of in-hospital CPR, mg | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 4.5 ± 1.9 | 3.9 ± 1.0 | <0.001 |
Sodium bicarbonate use | 5 (38.5) | 14 (93.3) | 5 (35.7) | 0.002 |
Initial PtcCO2 | 49.1 ± 22.0 | 78.6 ± 33.5 | 84.9 ± 49.1 | 0.030 |