Table 1 Patients who survived autoresuscitation to hospital discharge (n = 22)
Case | Reference | Age (y) | In-hospital (I) 14 Prehospital (P) 8 | Rhythm when resuscitation abandoned | Duration of resuscitation (min) | Signs of life first noticed (min) | Delay before death (s,h,d,m) | CPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 ± 24 (range 0.9–84) | Asystole 12 (55%); VF 4 (18%); PEA 3 (14%); Not stated 3 (14%) | 30 (IQR 25–47.5; range 5–75) | 5.5 (IQR 3.5–10; range 1–20) | CPC 1–2 | ||||
1) | [2] | 68 | I | VF | 75 | 20 | – | 1 |
2) | [34] | 67 | I | “Abnormal” | 30 | 4 | – | 1 |
3) | [35] | 81 | I | Asystole | 5 | 2 | f | 1 |
4) | [36] | 50 | I | Asystole | 30 | 2 | 8 m | 1 |
5) | [59] | 36 | I | PEA | 25 | 3 | – | 1 |
6) | [60] | 84 | P | VF | 15 | 5 | – | 1 |
7) | [61] | 27 | P | Asystole | > 25a | 1 | – | 1 |
8) | [62] | 21 | I | Asystole | 30 | 10 | – | 1 |
9) | [63] | 80 | I | Asystole | 20 | 5 | – | 1 |
10) | [64] | 66 | I | Asystole | 18 | 10 | – | 1 |
11) | [65] | 66 | P | PEA | 45 | 5 | – | 1 |
12) | [66] | 83 | I | NS | 60 | 7 | – | 1 |
13) | [67] | 70 | I | Asystole | 34 | 8 | – | 1 |
14) | [23] | 66 | P | VF | > 30a | NSb | – | 2 (right sided hemiparesis) |
15) | [23] | 71 | I | Asystole | 35 | NSb | – | 1 |
16) | [68] | 63 | P | Asystole | 70 | NS d | – | 1 |
17) | [69] | 51 | I | Asystole | 61 | 3.5 | – | 2 (R arm weakness and partial amnesia) |
18) | [70] | 54 | P | PEA | 50 | NSd | – | 1 |
19) | [71] | 69 | I | Asystole | 25 | 10 | e | 3/Hypoxic brain damage |
20) | [8] | 47 | P | VF | 26 | 15 | 3 m | 3/Hypoxic brain damage |
21) | [72] | 0.92 | I | Asystole | NSc | 15 | 6 weeks | 3/Died progressive cardiomyopathy |
22) | [73] | 1.5 | P | NS | NSa | 6 | – | 3/Severe disability at 1y |