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Table 1 Return of spontaneous circulation for different patient subgroups

From: External validation of the ROSC after cardiac arrest (RACA) score in a physician staffed emergency medical service system

 

All patients (N = 680)

ROSC (N = 340)

P-value

Demographics

 Age, yrs

  Median

62 (53–73)

62 (55–73)

0.80

   < 40

70 (10%)

31 (44%)

0.85

  40–49

63 (9%)

30 (48%)

 

  50–59

128 (19%)

65 (51%)

  60–69

196 (29%)

106 (54%)

  70–79

123 (18%)

59 (48%)

  80–89

81 (12%)

40 (49%)

  90+

19 (3%)

9 (47%)

Gender

0.132

 Female

204 (30%)

111 (54%)

 Male

476 (70%)

229 (48%)

Initial rhythm

<.001

 VF

264 (39%)

175 (66%)

 VT

11 (2%)

9 (82%)

 Asystole

152 (22%)

35 (23%)

 PEA

247 (36%)

115 (47%)

 Unknown

6 (1%)

6 (100%)

Witnessed

0.045

 None

104 (15%)

41 (39%)

 Lay person

421 (62%)

214 (51%)

 Professional

155 (23%)

85 (55%)

Bystander CPR

341 (50%)

186 (55%)

0.017

339 (50%)

154 (45%)

Location

<.001

 Home

344 (51%)

147 (43%)

 Ambulance

24 (4%)

15 (63%)

 Workplace

21 (3%)

16 (76%)

 Doctors office

8 (1%)

7 (88%)

 Medical institution

13 (2%)

8 (62%)

 Nursing Home

13 (2%)

5 (38%)

 Public place

257 (38%)

142 (55%)

Aetiology

<.001

 Cardial

405 (60%)

228 (56%)

 Trauma

15 (2%)

8 (53%)

 Hypoxia

55 (8%)

33 (60%)

 Intoxication

32 (5%)

15 (47%)

 Other

173 (25%)

56 (32%)

  1. Categorical data are shown as counts with percentages in parenthesis and continuous data as medians with 25th and 75th interquartile range points in parenthesis
  2. VF ventricular fibrillation, VT ventricular tachycardia, PEA pulseless electrical activity, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation