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Table 2 Impact of in-hospital epinephrine on 7-day survival and secondary outcomes

From: Epinephrine during resuscitation of traumatic cardiac arrest and increased mortality: a post hoc analysis of prospective observational study

 

Epinephrine

no-Epinephrine

P value

OR

95% CI

Unadjusted analyses

 Survival at 7 days, n (%; 95%CI)

9 (1.1%; 0.4–1.8%)

11 (5.3%; 2.2–8.3%)

< 0.01

0.20

0.08–0.48

 ROSC, n (%; 95%CI)

144 (17.5%; 14.9–20.1%)

24 (11.6%; 7.2–15.9%)

0.04

1.62

1.02–2.57

Propensity score matching

 Survival at 7 days, n (%; 95%CI)

1 (0.6%; 0.0–1.7%)

9 (5.1%; 1.8–8.3%)

0.02

0.11

0.01–0.85

 ROSC, n (%; 95%CI)

32 (18.0%; 12.3–23.6%)

16 (9.0%; 4.8–13.2%)

0.01

2.21

1.16–4.19

  1. ROSC Return of Spontaneous Circulation