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Table 1 Comparison of baseline clinical characteristics between non-survivors and survivors

From: Predictors of survival following extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with acute myocardial infarction-complicated refractory cardiac arrest in the emergency department: a retrospective study

 

Non-survivors

Survivors

p

n = 30

n = 7

Age, years, mean (SD)

63.2 (10.9)

53.7 (10.2)

0.049

Gender, male

20 (67%)

7 (100%)

0.155*

BMI, mean (SD)

24.2 (2.8)

22.5 (1.3)

0.151

Past medical history

   

 Hypertension

18 (60%)

2 (29%)

0.212*

 Diabetes

19 (63%)

2 (29%)

0.202*

 Cerebral vascular accident

3 (10%)

1 (14%)

1.000*

 Dyslipidemia

3 (10%)

2 (29%)

0.233*

 Previous PCI

1 (3%)

-

1.000*

Smoking

14 (47%)

4 (57%)

0.693*

Pre-ECMO laboratory findings, mean (SD)

   

 BUN

21.69 (7.47)

14.74 (4.65)

0.019

 Cr

1.55 (0.77)

1.16 (0.05)

0.065

 TB

0.73 (0.35)

0.81 (0.30)

0.474

 CK-MB

80.86 (200.18)

5.31 (4.40)

0.983

 Myoglobin

2553.63 (7678.72)

379.12 (657.90)

0.424

 Troponin-I

22.02 (54.70)

0.28 (0.30)

0.751

 pH

6.95 (0.15)

7.00 (0.15)

0.345

 Lactate

10.15 (4.36)

7.73 (2.79)

0.448

 BNP

734.67 (1177.84)

17.40 (15.37)

0.008

ECMO duration, h, mean (SD)

94.63 (86.20)

156.71 (58.99)

0.029

SOFA score, mean (SD)

15.10 (1.54)

13.86 (1.07)

0.051

SAPS II score, mean (SD)

92.43 (7.95)

80.14 (6.36)

0.001

Daily blood transfusion during ECMO, units/day, mean (SD)

   

 Packed red blood cell

6.36 (6.04)

2.26 (3.52)

0.002

 Fresh frozen plasma

5.00 (4.96)

1.72 (3.04)

0.006

 Cryoprecipitate

1.44 (2.61)

1.43 (2.43)

0.635

 Platelet concentrate

2.97 (2.83)

2.99 (2.77)

0.747

Outcomes

   

 Weaning success

5 (17%)

7 (100%)

 Discharged

-

5 (71%)

CPC grade

   

 1

-

6 (86%)

 

 4

-

1 (14%)

 
  1. BMI, body mass index; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; VT/VF, ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; TB, tuberculosis; CK-MB, creatine kinase-MB; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; CPC, Cerebral Performance Category.
  2. *Fisher’s Exact test.