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Table 2 Patients who did not survive autoresuscitation (n = 41)

From: Autoresuscitation (Lazarus phenomenon) after termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation - a scoping review

Case

Reference

Age

In-hospital (I) 15Prehospital (P) 26

Rhythm when resuscitation abandoned

Duration of resuscitation (min)

Signs of life first noticed (min)

Delay before death (s,h,d,m)

CPC (if available)/Outcome or Cause of death

64 ± 24 (range 0.75–97)

Asystole 26 (63%); PEA 9 (22%); VF 0 (0%); Not stated 6 (15%)

30 (IQR 17–40; range 0–90)

5 (IQR 2.5–10; range 0–220)

1)

[2]

84

P

Asystole

17

d

6d

3/Hypoxic brain damage

2)

[2]

67

P

Asystole

20

c

15d

3/Hypoxic brain damage

3)

[7]

80

I

Asystole

30

5

2d

3/Hypoxic brain damage

4)

[10]

65

P

Asystole

35

20

5d

4/Hypoxic brain damage

5)

[11]

81

P

Asystole

13

NSc

20 h

3/Cardiogenic shock

6)

[13]

65

P

NS

35

20

4d

4/Myocardial infarction

7)

[13]

83

P

Asystole

23

33

6.5 h

4/Myocardial infarction

8)

[26]

97

P

Asystole

16

3

2 m

Died without regaining consciousness

9)

[26]

30

P

PEA

31

6

88 m

Died without regaining consciousness

10)

[26]

63

P

PEA

12

3

26 h

Died without regaining consciousness

11)

[26]

91

P

PEA

16

3

15 m

Died without regaining consciousness

12)

[26]

61

P

PEA

18

8

3 m

Died without regaining consciousness

13)

[37]

53

I

Asystole

46

2

34d

4/Died (multi-organ failure)

14)

[74]

89

I

Asystole

18

5

7 h

Died. Another cardiac event.

15)

[24]

0.75

P

Asystole

NSd

0.5

Several days.

Died (WLST).

16)

[24]

3

I

Asystole

25

1

40 m

Died (WLST)

17)

[75]

64

I

NS

20

15

1 h

Died. Refractory hypotension.

18)

[76]

76

I

Asystole

30

5

24 h

3/Died. Hypoxic brain damage.

19)

[77]

44

P

PEA

80

5

NSe

3/Palliative care only

20)

[78]

87

I

Wide complexesg

15

Immediately

12d

4/Died

21)

[79]

63

I

Asystole

12

3

12d

Died. Sepsis.

22)

[80]

59

I

NSb

15

2

30 m

Died.

23)

[81]

67

P

PEA

55

2

22 h

1/Died from severe comorbidity.

24)

[82]

10

P

PEA

> 40f

2

Short time after

5 (WLST)

25)

[83]

94

I

PEA

40

2.5

18d

1/Died multi-organ failure

26)

[84]

65

P

Asystole

55

40

13d

Died without regaining consciousness

27)

[85]

35

P

NS

88

NSc

50 m

Died. Another cardiac event.

28)

[86]

83

P

Asystole

90

10

12d

Died. Pneumonia.

29)

[87]

85

P

Asystole

34

2

25 m

Died. Another cardiac event.

30)

[88]

62

I

Idioventricular

40

5

34 m

Died without regaining consciousness

31)

[89]

55

P

Asystole

30

7

3d

5/Died. Hypoxic brain damage.

32)

[25]

63

P

Asystole

40

10

10 m

Died without regaining consciousness

33)

[25]

78

P

Asystole

41

2

20 m

Died without regaining consciousness

34)

[90]

78

P

Asystole

31

220

19 h

Died without regaining consciousness

35)

[91]

85

P

Asystole

0

6

48 h

4/Died (WLST)

36)

[92]

69

P

Asystole

40

180

10d

Died without regaining consciousness

37)

[93]

46

P

Asystole

30

60

NS (hours)

2/Died from cardiogenic shock

38)

[94]

83

I

Asystole

15

10

2 h

Died without regaining consciousness

39)

[95]

25

I

NS

40

5–7

4 h

Died without regaining consciousness

40)

[96]

67

I

Asystole

49

5

9d

1/Died of massive pulmonary embolism

41)

[97]

75

I

Asystole

23

5

Several days

Died without regaining consciousness

  1. CPC cerebral performance category, d days, ED emergency department, h hours, IQR interquartile range, PEA pulseless electrical activity, m months, NS not stated, s seconds, VF ventricular fibrillation; WLST Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy; a age in 40’s; b possible/probable PEA, interpreted as PEA in the analysis; c Exact time when signs of life were first noted is not stated but the authors stated that it was “several” or “a few minutes”; d Return of signs of life not stated but > 10 min (considered as =10 min for the analysis); e = Alive at end of case report; f considered = 40 for the analysis; g no more information, considered as a missing data for the analysis