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Table 4 Comparisons between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 period only (between March 1st and April 31st 2020)

From: Assessment of changes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices and outcomes on 1005 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 outbreak: registry-based study

 

COVID-19 patients

N = 197

Non-COVID-19 patients N = 808

p-value

Age, mean ± SD, y

67 ± 18

69 ± 16

0.520

Sex (Male), No./total (%)

117/197 (59.4)

559/808 (69.2)

0.011

Medical history, No./total (%)

- Diabetes

31/197 (15.7)

125/808 (15.5)

0.913

- Cardiovascular

85/197 (43.1)

393/808 (48.6)

0.177

- Respiratory

46/197 (23.4)

114/808 (14.1)

0.002

- Other

51/197 (25.9)

211/808 (26.1)

1.000

- None

10/197 (5.1)

36/808 (4.5)

0.704

 OHCA location (home), No./total (%)

173/197 (87.8)

646/774 (83.5)

0.153

OHCA cause, No./total (%)

< 0.001

- Cardiac

67/197 (34.0)

659/808 (81.6)

 

- Respiratory

112/197 (56.9)

98/808 (12.1)

 

- Neurological

2/197 (1.0)

17/808 (2.1)

 

- Other medical cause

16/197 (8.1)

34/808 (4.2)

 

 Bystander presence, No./total (%)

126/197 (64.0)

522/808 (64.6)

0.868

 Immediate BLS, No./total (%)a

67/197 (34.0)

276/808 (34.2)

1.000

 Bystander BLS, No./total (%)

99/197 (50.3)

401/808 (49.6)

0.937

 First aid provider BLS, No./total (%)

162/197 (82.2)

683/806 (84.7)

0.382

 Times; No Flow duration, mean ± SD, minb

18 ± 22

14 ± 17

0.009

 Time between T0 and first aid providers arrival, mean ± SD, min

16 ± 18

12 ± 9

0.095

 Time between T0 and MMT arrival, mean ± SD, min

25 ± 22

23 ± 17

0.346

 Time between T0 and ROSC or death, mean ± SD, min

48 ± 27

43 ± 23

0.025

ALS

First recorded cardiac rhythm, No./total (%)

0.073

- Asystole

163/197 (82.7)

633/806 (78.5)

 

- VF/pulseless VT

8/197 (4.1)

79/806 (9.8)

 

- PEA

18/197 (9.1)

60/806 (7.5)

 

- ROSC due to BLS

8/197 (4.1)

34/806 (4.2)

 

 ALS implemented, No./total (%)

128/197 (65.0)

548/808 (67.8)

0.447

 ROSC, No./total (%)

34/196 (17.3)

161/803 (20.0)

0.423

 D30 survival, No./total (%)

0/192 (0.0)

26/745 (3.5)

< 0.001

  1. aIf a bystander is present, % of BLS initiated immediately at the collapse time
  2. bTime between collapse and initiation of CPR
  3. Data are expressed as the number/total number (frequency %) for qualitative variables or mean ± standard deviation for quantitative variables
  4. OHCA out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, MMT mobile medical team, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation, VF/pulseless VT ventricular fibrillation/pulseless tachycardia, PEA pulseless electrical activity, BLS basic life support, ALS advanced life support, PIV peripheral intravenous access, IO intraosseous
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241