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 |
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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 |